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Vocabulary
Rock Cycle
Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
100
This is a naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter
What is a rock
100
An igneous rock turns into this type of rock when temperature and pressure is applied
What is metamorphic rock
100
When igneous rocks are made from magma that erupts, it's called this kind of rock
What is extrusive igneous rock
100
Sedimentary rock has layers called this
What is strata
100
This kind of metamorphism is heated by nearby magma
What is contact metamorphism
200
The process in which material is laid down
What is deposition?
200
A metamorphic rock turns into this kind of rock when it melts or crystallizes.
What is igneous rock
200
When igneous rock intrudes into surrounding rock below the Earth's surface and cools, it is called this
What is intrusive igneous rock
200
This type of sedimentary rock is made of fragments
What is clastic sedimentary rock
200
This kind of metamorphism is formed when pressure builds up in rock that is buried deep below other rocks formations
What is regional metamorphism
300
This is the process in which material is laid down
What is erosion
300
When igneous rocks melt, it turns into this type of rock
What is sedimentary rock
300
Igneous rocks begin as this
What is magma
300
This type of sedimentary rock is made from solutions of dissolved minerals and water
What is chemical sedimentary rock
300
These are the minerals that only form in metamorphic rock
What is index minerals
400
This is the chemical makeup of a rock; describes either the minerals or other materials in the rock.
What is composition
400
When sedimentary rocks compact or cementate, it turns into this type of rock
What is metamorphic rock
400
Magma freezes between these tempatures
What is 700 and 1250 degrees C
400
This type of sedimentary rock is made from the remains of animals that once lived
What is organic sedimentary rock
400
Most metamorphism occur in between these temparures
What is 50 and 1000 degrees C
500
This is the quality of a rock that is based on the sizes, shapes, and positions of the rock's gains.
What is texture
500
When metamorphic rocks erode, they become this kind of rock
What is sedimentary rock
500
Basalt is this kind of igneous rock
What is fine-grained and mafic
500
This is the process in which sedimentary rocks are arranged in layers
What is stratification
500
This is the texture of metamorphic rock in which the mineral grains are arranged in planes or bands
What is folaited