Sedimentary Rocks
What are the layers in sedimentary rocks called?
What is strata?
If a metamorphic rock does not have layers, it is called
What is non-foliated?
What is molten rock that has cooled INSIDE the earth called?
What is intrusive igneous rock?
What is the easiest property to identify a mineral by?
What is color?
What type of weathering is happening in the following scenario? Some rocks that contain iron begin to rust when oxygen and water mix with the iron in the rock. Over time this weakens the rock.
What is chemical weathering?
What are rocks made up of?
What are minerals?
What are the layers in metamorphic rocks called?
What are foliations?
What are the processes that create igneous rock?
What are melting and cooling?
The color a minerals has when crushed into powder is called its
What is streak?
Ice wedging, abrasion, and plants and animals are all examples of which type of weathering?
What is a mechanical or physical weathering?
What are the first two processes involved in creating a sedimentary rock?
What are weathering and erosion?
What process would a metamorphic rock need to go through to become an igneous rock?
What is melting and cooling?
What is rock that has cooled on the SURFACE of the earth called?
What is extrusive igneous rock?
The tendency for a mineral to break along a jagged edge is called
What is fracture?
The process of water, wind, or gravity depositing or dropping sediment is called what?
What is deposition?
What process must a sedimentary rock go through to change into a metamorphic rock?
What are heat and pressure?
To create a metamorphic rock, what processes are needed?
What are heat and pressure?
This type of igneous rock has fine grains that make it appear glassy.
What is obsidian?
What is the system that we use to test a mineral's hardness called?
What is Moh's Hardness Scale?
In what type of rock can you find fossils?
What is sedimentary rock?
What are the last two processes to create a sedimentary rock?
What are compaction and cementation?
If a metamorphic rock has layers, it is called
What is foliated?
Molten rock that flows INSIDE the earth is called
What is magma.
Solid, inorganic (never-living) substances that have a crystal structure and form naturally are called
What are minerals?
Wind carrying dust, glaciers carrying sediment, and water running off land and carrying sediment are all examples of what>
What is erosion?