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Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Rock Cycle
Miscellaneous
100
A rock that is formed on from lava.
What is an extrusive rock?
100
Rocks that form when sediment is deposited by water and wind.
What is sedimentary rock?
100
Rocks that form from heat and pressure.
What is metamorphic rocks?
100
Metamorphic rocks have to go through this process to become an igneous rock.
What is melting?
100
Skeletal remains that grow together to form a structure is called a ________________.
What is a coral reef?
200
A rock that can come from beneath or on the earth.
What is an igneous rock?
200
The processes in which form sedimentary rocks.
What is sediment, erosion, deposition, compaction and cementation?
200
These are the types of metamorphic rocks.
What is foliated and non-foliated rocks?
200
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
A rock that came from a coral reef.
What is limestone?
300
A intrusive rock that is used for polishing and cleaning.
What is pumice?
300
Small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or living things.
What is sediment?
300
This type of metamorphic rock can be split into layers.
What is foliated rock?
300
During the rock cycle, rocks have to be destroyed, eroded, deposited and compacted to become this type of rock.
What is sedimentary?
300
These form when rock fragments are squeezed together.
What is a clastic rock?
400
A rock that forms from magma.
What is an intrusive rock?
400
These are 3 major groups of sedimentary rocks.
What is clastic, organic and chemical rocks?
400
Every ______________ rock is a rock that has changed its form.
What is metamorphic?
400
When rocks are pushed deep down inside the earth, they meet with heat and pressure to form _________________.
What is metamorphic rocks?
400
A process that presses sediments together.
What is compaction?
500
A igneous rock that is used for building materials and statues.
What is granite?
500
A sedimentary rock that was used in making the White House.
What is limestone?
500
This non-foliated rock was formed by limestone that was buried deep beneath the earth's surface.
What is marble?
500
An igneous rock can become a sedimentary rock if this occurs.
What is erosion?
500
The process in which occurs when minerals are dissolved in a solution that crystallizes.
What is chemical rocks?