Rock Cycle
Rock formed by compaction and cementation
What is sedimentary rock?
Igneous rock that forms below Earth's surface
What is an intrusive igneous rock?
The three textures of sedimentary rocks
What are clastic, crystalline, and bioclastic?
The two types of metamorphism
What is regional and contact metamorphism?
Rock formed by cooling lava or magma
What is igneous rock?
Igneous rock that forms above Earth's surface
What is extrusive igneous rock?
Clastic sedimentary rock composed of angular fragments
What is breccia?
The two types of foliated textures
What are mineral alignment and banding?
Rock formed by heat and pressure
What is metamorphic rock?
The texture of a rock that contains gas pockets
What is vesicular?
Sedimentary rock composed of halite
What is rock salt?
A metamorphic rock that displays banding
What is gneiss?
The process of changing the rock through heat and pressure
What is metamorphism?
A felsic, glassy, non-vesicular igneous rock
What is obsidian?
The way clastic sedimentary rocks are classified
What is particle/grain size?
A metamorphic rock that comes from the metamorphism of limestone
What is marble?
Molten rock
What is magma or lava?
The five minerals found in granite
What are potassium feldspar, quartz, plagioclase feldspar, biotite, and amphibole?
2 sedimentary rocks that are organic
What are coal and limestone?
The parent rock of quartzite
What is quartz sandstone?