Classifying Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
The Rock Cycle
100
Geologists classify rocks into 3 major groups
What is igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic
100
These small pieces or particles make up sedimentary rock. They can be other rocks or plant and animal organisms
What is sediments
100
This is how metamorphic rocks are created.
What is extreme heat and pressure
100
Magma cools and crystallizes in the cycle forming _______ rock
What is igneous rock
200
The type of rock that forms from magma or lava cooling
What is igneous rock
200
This type of rock can be found on the streets during the winter in climates where it snows. It forms square crystals.
What is rock salt
200
These types of rocks can become metamorphic rocks
What is igneous, sedimentary and other metamorphic rocks
200
Igneous rock transforms to sediment by processes called ___________ & ____________
What is weathering and erosion
300
What should be replacing the question mark?
What is deposition OR sedimentation?
300
Formed by the accumulation of dead plant matter or animal remains being cemented together.
What is Sedimentary Rocks
300
This specific rock is formed when limestone undergoes heat and pressure and changes the rock. It can be pure white but usually contains impurities which can make it a range of colours.
What is marble
300
The process whereby an organism dies and is quickly covered or buried by sediments.
What is how do fossils form?
400
Igneous rock cools very quickly.When it forms the rock crystals could be described as _________.
What is smooth or shiny or no visible crystals
400
Ezra observed a rock that he found at the beach. He concluded that the rock was sedimentary. Which observation best supports this conclusion?
What is the layers within the rock
400
What does metamorphic mean?
What is "to change form"?
400
The processes by which sediments become sedimentary rocks - three words
Deposition, compaction or cementation