Igneous Rocks
This records the rock's cooling history in an igneous rock.
What is texture?
The most common place for sediments to deposit
What is the ocean?
This process will lead to a metamorphic rock.
What is high heat and pressure?
Magma or lava cools quickly, the resulting igneous rock will have this type of crystal
What is very small?
In order to get oil and gas in sufficient quantities to make a profit, what must exist with high permeability and porosity
What is an oil trap?
This is required for an igneous rock to weather.
What is exposed at the surface of Earth?
Weather altering a rock is the first step in turning a rock into a
What is a sediment?
What is the most important agent or driving force of metamorphism
What is heat?
Coal is what type of rock that is an economically important one
What is sedimentary?
What may a rock transform into when under the right circumstances of weathering and erosion
What is another type of rock?
The only difference between magma and lava.
What is a name change when magma reaches the surface of Earth.
Most sediment is formed by settling out of a
What is fluid?
Confining pressure is when forces are applied
What is equally in all directions?
Crystallization of magma forms this type of rock
What is an igneous rock?
Burying sediment will change a sediment into
What is a sedimentary rock?
Mount Rushmoreis well known for its type of igneous rock that was exposed by erosion.
What is intrusive?
Sand is commonly called sandstone when sand goes through this process
What is lithification?
Every metamorphic rock is formed from
What is a parent rock?
Magma rises toward Earth's surface
What is less dense than the material around it?
Basaltic rocks make up most of
What is the ocean floor?
This is when crystals in a magma stop gowing during cooling
What is running out of room to expand?
For a geologist this is the most important characteristic of sedimentary rock
What is layering?
When a metamorphic rock exhibits a layered or banded appearance, it is said to exhibit this type of texture
What is foliated?
The most abundant chemical sedimentary rock is
What is limestone?
Metamorphic, Igneous, and Sedimentary rocks can undergo
What is metamorphism?