Igneous rock forms deep within the Earth when ___________ solidifies.
What is magma?
100
Rock ____________ can be found in the walls of the Grand Canyon.
What is strata?
100
Metamorphic rock is formed under high temperature and ____________, but is not exposed to enough heat to melt the rock.
What is pressure?
100
Sequence the steps in order in the sedimentary rock cycle.
compaction and cementation, depostion, erosion, weathering.
What is weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction and cementation.
100
A __________ is a solid mixture of crystals of one or more minerals.
What is a rock?
200
True/False - The cooling rate of magma affects the properties of igneous rock.
What is True.
200
__________ is the layering that occurs in sedimentary rock.
What is stratification?
200
Meta = _______ and Morphos = _______
What is change shape
200
Fine grained, medium grained, and course grained are descriptions of a rock's _________.
What is texture?
200
Erosion, metamorphism, and solidification are all part of the ________________.
What is the rock cycle?
300
Sediments turn into sedimentary rock when they are compacted and ____________ together.
What is cemented?
300
When a rock undergoes _______________, the structure, texture, and composition of the rock changes.
What is metamorphism?
300
Which of the following causes a rock to breakdown?
A. cementing
B. stratification
C. weathering
D. extrusion
What is weathering?
300
Size, shape, and positions of grains determine a rock's ___________.
What is texture?
400
Most volcanic rock is _________ igneous rock.
What is extrusive?
400
_______ is formed when grains of sediment undergo compaction and cementation.
What is Sedimentary Rock?
400
Metamorphic rock can be classified as _________ and ________.
What is foliated and nonfoliated?
400
Which of the following is not a way strata differ from one another?
A. the kind of sediment they are composed of.
B. size of their sediment
C. where the strata was formed
D. color of their sediment
What is C. where the strata was formed?
400
____________ sedimentary rock forms when grains of sand become cemented together.
What is Clastic?
500
How is magma different from lava?
What is Magma is hot liquid underground and lava is magma that erupts and flows onto Earth's surface.
500
The weathering and wearing away of rock into sediment is called___________.
What is erosion?
500
Under increased pressure and heat, the minerals calcite, quartz, and hematite combine and recrystallize to form the mineral garnet. This is an example of _________.
What is metamorphism?
500
Scientists classify the 3 main type of rocks according to their __________ and ___________.
What are composition and texture?
500
The __________ is the process by which one rock type changes into another.