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Rock cycle
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Potpourri
100
Liquid rock within the Earth
What is Magma?
100
Type of igneous rock with fine grain texture
What is Extrusive?
100
Type of sedimentary rock formed from remains of marine life
What is limestone?
100
The two forces that create metamorphic rock
Heat and pressure
100
A wide flat volcano is called a ____________
What is a Shield volcano?
200
Small pieces of matter; rocks, soil, shells and remains of dead animals
What is Sediment?
200
Intrusive igneous rock is made from this
What is Magma?
200
Term that means "broken"
What is Clastic?
200
"Meta" is the Greek word for ____________
What is Change?
200
A glassy igneous rock
What is Obsidian?
300
The process of breaking rocks into smaller and smaller pieces by wind, water, ice, sunlight and gravity
What is Weathering?
300
Granite is this type of igneous rock
What is Intrusive?
300
Type of sedimentary that has large pebbles in it
What is conglomerate?
300
Metamorphic rock formed from limestone
What is Marble?
300
Changing of one type of rock to another as a result of great heat and pressure
What is Metamorphism?
400
The process of changing from a solid to a liquid
What is Melting?
400
Type of igneous rock formed when lava cools quickly and traps air inside
What is Pumice?
400
Type of sedimentary rock formed from plant remains
What is Coal?
400
Metamorphic rock formed from shale
What is Slate or Schist?
400
Process in which sediment is carried away by wind, water, or ice
What is Erosion?
500
Sedimentary rock is formed from a combination of these 2 processes
What is Compaction and Cementation?
500
Term for the lava and other material that erupts from a volcano
What is Pyroclastic Material?
500
Imprints ( casts or molds ) found in sedimentary rock
What are Fossils?
500
Metamorphic rock formed from granite
What is Gneiss?
500
The type of boundary formed when two tectonic plates move away from one another
What is a Divergent Boundary?