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Rocks
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Processes of the Rock Cycle
100
The term to describe the look and feel of a rock is ____________.
What is texture?
100
Igneous rock is formed when what cools?
What is magma or lava?
100
Sedimentary rock forms when what collects and hardens into new rock?
What is sediment?
100
Metamorphic means ____________?
What is "to change"?
100
The series of process that change rock from one type to another is called the __________.
What is the rock cycle?.
200
The minerals that make up most of Earth's crust are: *foliated rocks * organic rocks *rock-forming minerals * sediments
What is rock-forming minerals?
200
Liquid rock found inside the earth is called what?
What is magma?
200
The process that in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together is called _________.
What is cementation?
200
Metamorphic rock is formed by heat and ___________?
What is pressure?
200
Rock is broken down and is moved by wind and water.
What is erosion?
300
This type of rock has large crystals surounded by smaller crystals. ?
What is porphyry?
300
Which of the following is an igneous rock? gneiss limestone basalt marble
What is basalt?
300
Sedimentary rock often forms at the bottom of rivers and streams. This process is called _______________.
What is deposition?
300
Most Metamorphic is formed where on earth? On the Surface Deep underground Both
What is deep underground?
300
The process that presses sediments together is called ________________.
What is compaction?
400
The names of the three major of rocks refer to: *where the rocks formed * how the rocks formed *the size/shape of the grains * when the rocks formed
What is how the rocks formed?
400
Igneous rocks, such as basalt, that form above the earth's surface are called _______________ rocks.
What is extrusive?
400
Which of the following is NOT a sedimentary rock? sandstone limestone conglomerate granite
What is granite?
400
Slate is a denser more compact version of _______________.
What is shale?
400
Water, wind, heat and ice break down rocks by what process?
What is weathering?
500
Coal is a type of ____________ sedimentary rock
What is organic?
500
Igneous rocks may be similar in mineral composition and yet have different _____________.
What is texture?
500
Sedimentary rocks that form when rock fragments are squeezed together are called __________ rocks.
What is clastic?.
500
Metamorphic rocks that have their grains arranged in parallel bands are said to be ___________________.
What is foliated?
500
The type of rock that forms when minerals that are dissolved in a solution crystallize.
What is a chemical rock?