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Classifying Rocks
Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
The Rock Cycle
100
rock- forming mineral
What is a rock made of mixtures of minerals and other materials
100
Extrusive Rocks and Intrusive rocks
What are the origins of igneous rocks?
100
Small solid pieces of material that come from rocks or living things.
What is a sediment?
100
A rock that has layers or bands.
What are foliated rocks?
100
A series of processes on Earth's surface and in the crust and mantle that slowly change rocks from one kind to another.
What is the rock cycle?
200
mineral composition
What gives a rock its color?
200
Tools and Building Materials
What are uses of igneous rocks?
200
Clastic Rocks, Organic Rocks, Chemical rocks
What are 3 types of sedimentary rocks?
200
"Change Form."
What is metamorphosis?
200
Magma, igneous rock, sediment, sedimentary rock, metamorphic rock
What are products of the rock cycle?
300
Mineral Composition, Color, texture
What are 3 characteristics of rocks?
300
Origin, Texture, and Mineral Composition
What are ways igneous rocks are classified?
300
Sediment must be deposited and then changed to rock through compaction and cementation.
How are sedimentary rocks formed?
300
A foliated rock that results from shale after it undergoes heat and pressure.
What is slate?
300
Erosion is a process that leads to the formation of ____.
What is sediment?
400
Igneous Rocks, Sedimentary Rocks, Metamorphic Rocks
What are the 3 main groups of rocks?
400
Hard, Dense, and Durable
What makes igneous rocks useful?
400
The White House in Washington D.C. is made out of_____.
What is sandstone?
400
A memorial in Washington D.C. that is made up of gleaming white marble?
What is the Lincoln Memorial?
400
____ starts the rock cycle by helping to form magma, the source of igneous rocks.
What is plate movement?
500
The particles and minerals that give a rock its texture.
What are grains?
500
Minerals have different colors, so rocks with different proportions of them have different colors.
What is a way that mineral composition affects a rock's color?
500
____forms from the remains of swamp plants. The remains are buried and changed by heat and pressure.
What is coal?
500
A non foliated metemorphic rock that starts off as sandstone before heat and pressure is applied.
What is Quartzite?
500
Igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rock ___ continuously through the rock cycle.
What is change?