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General Rocks
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Igneous
Definitions
100
What do you call the process in which all rocks go through to form each individual type type of rock?
What is the Rock Cycle?
100
Sedimentary rocks are form mainly by what two processes?
What are compaction & cementation?
100
The base word of metamorphic means to...
What is change?
100
The base word for igneous means ...
What is ignite, light, or fire?
100
A mixture of one or more mineral, rock fragments, volcanic glass or organic matter is called...
What is a rock?
200
All rocks consists of _____________________.
What is minerals
200
In sedimentary rocks this evidence of past lives can be found but it can not be found in the other types of rocks.
What is fossils?
200
Texture and composition of a metamorhpic rock determines how it is classified? (True or False)
What is true?
200
What happens to an igneous rock when it melts?
What is turns into magma?
200
Metamorphic rocks can be described as foilated and non foilated. What does this mean and how can I tell the difference?
What is foilated and nonfoilated? Foilated is when the minerial grains line up in parallel layers forming bands and non foilated means without bands?
300
What are at least three ways that rocks are used?
What is 1) making building, roads, side walks etc. 2) headstones of graves 3) monuments such as the Washington Monument
300
What are the two processes that change rocks into sediment?
What is erosion and weathering?
300
A nonfoilated metamorphic rocks can be described as ....
What is a metamorphic rock with no bands?
300
Rocks that are formed from cooling lava are what kind of rocks?
What is extrusive igneous rocks?
300
What is the meaning of extrusive?
What is a rock that is formed at or near the earth's surface?
400
What type of rock is produced by magma that cools deep below the Earth's surface?
What is intrusive igneous?
400
This type of sedimentary rock consists of many pieces of other rocks some are very small and other can be large.
What is clastic?
400
What happens to a metamorphic rock if it melts?
It turns into magma.
400
An intrusive igneous rock forms crystals. Describe the size of the crystals that are formed...
What is large crystals are formed by slowly cooling magma?
400
What do you call the process of chemically or mechanically breaking down the surface of rocks into smaller and smaller pieces?
What is weathering?
500
Name the three classifications of rocks.
What are 1) sedimentary 2) metamorphic 3)igneous
500
One type of sedimentary rock is made of a variety of different sized clastic rocks it called... (hint: trail mix)
What is conglomerate?
500
Metamorphic rocks are fromed by...
What is heat & pressure?
500
Igneous rocks are formed by what two processes?
What is melting and cooling?
500
When a sedimentary rock forms it can be made of fragment or pieces of other rocks. What do you call these pieces?
What is clastic?