Rocks Rock!!!!

Classifying Rocks

100

A natural, solid mixture of minerals makes up a ___

Rock

200

The type of rock that forms from magma or lava cooling is called this.

Igneous rock

300

This type of rock forms from sediments being compacted and cemented together.

Sedimentary

400

This type of rock needs heat and pressure to form.

Metamorphic Rock

500

Molten rock below the earths surface is called ___

Magma

Igneous Rocks

100

Igneous rocks can be classified into these two main types

Intrusive and extrusive

200

What are the crystals like in an extrusive rock?

Small or impossible to see to the human eye

300

Igneous rock that formed from magma and cooled very slowly UNDERNEATH the earth's surface. 

Intrusive

400

How is an EXTRUSIVE igneous rock formed?

From lava ON the earth's surface.

500

This igneous rock is very light, has holes in it, can float in water, and could be used to scrub off dead skin on the soles of your feet

Pumice

Sedimentary Rocks

100

This is what sedimentary rocks start off as

Sediment

200

Name one example of a sedimentary rock.

Sandstone, shale, limestone, conglomerate 

300

The process of compaction and cementation is known as this term

Lithification

400

Sedimentary rocks usually have crystals? T or F?

False 

500

The break down of sediments is a process called ____ and the movement of sediments is a process called ____

weathering and erosion

Metamorphic Rocks

100

Name one example of a metamorphic rock.

quartzite, marble, slate

200

What does MORPH mean?

To undergo transformation or change.

300

These two things are required for a metamorphic rock to form

Heat and pressure

400

BLACK HOLE QUESTION ... lose 100 pts

bummer.

500

These are two categories that metamorphic rocks can be put into

Foliated and non-foliated

The Rock Cycle

100

Geologists classify rocks into these 3 major groups.

What are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks?

200

Black hole question..... Lose 100 points

Lame!

300

DAILY DOUBLE!!! I have a sedimentary rock, but then extreme heat and pressure are applied to it. What type of rock will it change into?

A metamorphic rock

400

I have a metamorphic rock that melts, then cools and crystallizes. What type of rock will it turn into?

Igneous Rock

500

I have an igneous rock. The rock gets weathered, eroded, deposited, and lithified. What type of rock do I have now?

Sedimentary rock