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Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Rock Cycle
Bonus
100
Forms when magma cools within the Earth
What is Intrusive Igneous Rock
100
The process of cementing sediments together is...
What is Lithification?
100
The process in which an existing rock is changed by heat or pressure or both into another rock
What is Metamorphism?
100
Name the 3 types of Rocks.
What is Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic.
100
The process of old rocks, plants and other loose materials getting pressed or cemented together-
What is Lithification
200
Igneous Rocks are classified by their--
What is Texture?
200
Sedimentary Rocks that form from loose material that gets pressed together.
What are Clastic Sedimentary Rocks?
200
Name 2 common types of Metamorphic Rocks..
What is Gneiss, Marble, Schist, Quartzite, Slate.
200
The process of molten rock cooling and becoming solid, thus forming an Igneous rock is--
What is Crystallization?
200
Very common Metamorphic rock in New York.
What is Schist?
300
Large crystal size; they cool at a slow rate which gives crystals time to develop.
What is Phaneritic Igneous Rocks
300
3 most common minerals found in Sedimentary Rocks-
What is clay, quartz, & calcite.
300
The way Metamorphic Rocks are classified...
What is Banding and Folliation?
300
A set of Natural Process that form, change, break down and re-form rocks.
What is the Rock Cycle!
300
Quartz, feldspar, hornblende and mica combine to form this rock.
What is Granite?
400
Name Two Common Types of Igneous Rocks.
What is Granite, Basalt, Gabbro, Obsidian, Pumice & Rhylolite
400
Most abundant sedimentary Rock-
What is Shale!
400
An Arrangement of minerals in flat or wavy parallel bands
What is Foliation?
400
Igneous rocks that form on top of the earth's surface.
What is Extrusive Igneous Rocks?
400
If there are not crystals present that means the rock is...
What is Aphantic?
500
Landforms where Igneous Rocks are made--
What is Batholiths, laccoliths, sills, dikes, volcanoes!
500
The law that states that the oldest Sedimentary Rocks are on the bottom layer.
What is the Law of Superposition?
500
Name the Next 3 kinds of Metamorphic Rocks; Clay--Shale--Slate--.....
What is ...Phyllite--Schist--Gneiss!
500
Define Crystallization, Lithification, AND metamorphism.
What is-- crystallization; when molten rock cools and becomes solid. lithification; when older rocks, plants and other things get pressed or cemented together. metamorphism; when heat or pressure causes older rocks to change into new rocks.
500
95% of all rocks consist of...
What is Igneous and Metamorphic rocks!