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Rocks and Their Cycle
Different Kinds of Rocks
Examples of Rocks
Classification of Rocks
Mystery
100
The process involved in the rock cycle include all of the following EXCEPT.... A. Erosion B. Compaction C. Condensation D. Weathering
What is C. Condensation
100
Magma that cools below Earth's surface forms this kind of rock.
What is intrusive igneous?
100
If quartz is a mineral, then granite is...
What is a rock?
100
Foliated rocks are distinguished by this.
What is layers?
100
Mr. Ebersole has this many sibling(s). (Another 100 points if you can give me the name(s)).
What is 1 sister? (What is Alyssa?)
200
Metamorphic rocks can be formed from all of the following EXCEPT... A. Temperature B. Pressure C. The formation of minerals from solutions D. The presence of hot, watery fluids
What is C. The formation of minerals from solutions?
200
Lava that cools quickly forms this type of rock.
What is extrusive igneous?
200
Sandstone is this type of rock.
What is sedimentary?
200
True or False? Nonfoliated rocks have very narrow layering.
What is false? How do you make this statement true?
200
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300
Sedimentary rocks are... A. Formed by great heat B. Formed below Earth's surface as magma C. Formed from already existing rocks that are weathered and eroded D. A type of foliated igneous rock
What is C. Formed from already existing rocks that are weathered and eroded?
300
Detrital rocks are... A. Made of fragments of other rocks B. Formed from magma C. Precipitated from solution D. All of the above
What is A. Made of fragments of other rocks?
300
Obsidian is this type of rock.
What is igneous?
300
A classification of metamorphic rocks would include whether they are this (2 things).
What is foliated and nonfoliated?
300
This occurs first... A. Gneiss is formed. B. The mineral grains in granite are flattened under pressure.
What is B. The mineral grains in granite are flattened under pressure?
400
True or False? Sedimentary rock can be formed from changes in igneous rock, but igneous rock cannot be formed from changes in sedimentary rock.
What is false? How could you make this statement true?
400
Sedimentary rocks are usually classified as this (3 things).
What is detrital, chemical, or organic?
400
Gneiss is this type of rock.
What is metamorphic?
400
Describe the differences among detrital, chemical, and organic rocks.
What is detrital rocks are made from broken fragments of other rocks; chemical sedimentary rocks from when minerals are precipitated from a solution or are left behind when a solution evaporates; organic rocks from from the remains of once-living things?
400
The rock cycle begins here.
What is the rock cycle has no beginning; rocks are constantly changing form from one type to another?
500
The changes that take place in the rock cycle never...
What is create nor destroy matter?
500
Detrital rocks are named according to this.
What is the size and shape of the sediments?
500
You are shown one photograph of pumice and one of granite. You distinguish between the two rocks by this.
What is granite has visible crystals and has no visible mineral grains and is full of holes.
500
Andesitic rocks have mineral compositions between those of this rock and basaltic rock.
What is granitic?
500
Mr. Ebersole's middle name is this.
What is a trick question, he has no middle name.