Sedimentary
You must have this to have a sedicmentary rock
What is sediment
What does Igneous mean?
What is fire or of fire?
What do the words meta and morph mean?
What is change of form
The process where one type of rock is transformed to another.
What is the rock cycle?
Obsidian is this type of rock.
What is igneous?
The two processes that break down rocks and minerals.
What is weathering and erosion?
Rocks formed by the cooling of lava on the Earth's surface
What is extrusive rock?
A precious rock classified as metamorphic
What is diamond?
The location where most solid rocks are located.
What is the lithosphere?
Sedimentary rocks are formed from these.
What are precipitates?
This is the process where wind, rain and water dump sediment to form layers
Magma cools and solidifies beneath the Earth's surface forming these.
What are intrusive rocks?
Two factors that create metamorphic rock
What are heat and pressure?
The beach is an example of this?
What is sediment?
Fossils are located in this layer of rock.
What is sedimentary rock?
When multiple layers are stacked on top of each other the weight pushes them down. What is this called
What is compaction?
Magma that reaches the Earth's surface is referred to this.
What is lava?
This type of activity on the Earth's surface is a factor in forming metamorphic rock
What is techtonic activity?
The branch of science that studies rocks.
What is geology?
Strata can be found in this type of rock.
What is sedimentary rock?
The process by which sedimented layers become solid rock.
What is lithification?
What two things do Igneous rocks need to form?
What is pressure and heat
Caused by different by different minerals that form at different conditions.
What is banding?
Parts of the Earth that move, causing pressure and form metamorphic rocks.
What are tectonic plates?
This type of rock comes from the word "settlement".
What is sedimentary rock?