Rocky Questions
What is a principal ingredient in all rock types.
minerals
Igneous rock that formed from magma and cooled very slowly developing a coarse texture and large crystals.
intrusive
These small pieces or particles make up sedimentary rock. They can be other rocks or plant and animal organisms.
sediments
Metamorphic rocks are created by these two primary forces.
heat and pressure
This type of topography is the official names for cave-like terrain.
Karst
The name of Rocky's wife, Adrian, her brother.
Pauly
This type of rock is formed from lava and cools quickly has this type of texture.
fine-grained
The process that squeezes out fluids and decreases the space between the grains in a sediment deposit and glues them together
compaction and cementation
These types of rocks can become metamorphic rocks.
igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic rocks
What type of music the Pilgrims listened to when coming to America?
Plymouth Rock
weathering, erosion, transportation
This intrusive igneous rock has larger crystals and is commonly used in countertops.
granite
The principal sedimentary rock that forms stalactites and stalagmites.
limestone
The two types of metamorphisms we talked about in class.
contact and regional metamorphism
The only geologic related material that cannot become a metamorphic rock.
magma
True or False. The Mississippi River naturally forms an alluvial fan.
True
Name two extrusive igneous rocks.
pumice, obsidian, basalt, rhyolite
A broken piece or fragment of rock that comprises a sedimentary rock is called this. (HInt: it is related to a rock type)
clast
A rock that contains parallel layers of flat and elongated minerals is this type.
foliated
Name at least two types of weathering
chemical, physical, biological
The name of the hardness scale used in mineral classification.
Moh's
This rock musician played the National Anthem on guitar at Woodstock.
Jimi Hendrix
Name 3 types of organic sedimentary rocks.
coal, chalk, coquina, fossiliferous limestone, granola
The parent rock of this metamorphic rock is granite.
gneiss
The cause of chemical weathering which combines the element oxygen with other elements or molecules is called this.
oxidation