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The Rock Cycle
Igneous Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Minerals
100
When rocks are being formed, worn down, then formed again.
What is the rock cycle
100
This forms when magma or lava cools and hardens into rock.
What are igneous rocks?
100
Heat and pressure
What makes a metamorphic rock?
100
These form in one of 3 main ways.
What are sedimentary rocks?
100
The building blocks for rocks.
What are minerals?
200
The 3 types of rocks
What is igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic?
200
Molten rock that is underground.
What is magma?
200
A metamorphic rock that does not react with acid.
What is a quartzite?
200
Three main ways that sedimentary rocks can form.
What is clastic, chemical, and organic?
200
A very common way to try to identify a mineral.
What is color?
300
The most common material on earth.
What are rocks?
300
Molten rock that is above ground.
What is lava?
300
A metamorphic rock that may contain fossils.
What is a slate?
300
Form from the breakdown material of other rocks.
What are clastic sedimentary rocks?
300
A combination of silicon and oxygen.
What is quartz?
400
The driving force of the rock cycle.
What is plate tectonic movements?
400
Two types of igneous rocks.
What are intrusive and extrusive rocks?
400
Metamorphic rocks that are non-foliated.
What are marble and quartzite?
400
The rocks are formed when mineral rich water evaporates and leaves material behind.
What are chemical sedimentary rocks?
400
The color of a mineral in powdered form.
What is streak?
500
The number of rock types formed from the rock cycle.
What is three?
500
Igneous rock that forms during rapid cooling of lava.
What is obsidian?
500
An example of a metamorphic rock.
What is a gneiss?
500
These rocks are formed from fossils.
What are organic sedimentary rocks?
500
A resistance of a mineral to scratching.
What is hardness?