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Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Igneous
Rock Cycle
Misc.
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How many types of Sedimentary rocks are there?
3
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What does meta mean?
change
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How do geologists classify igneous rocks?
By its origin, texture, and composition
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Which rock in the rock cycle comes first?
Granite
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What do geologists study to identify a rock?
the observe color and texture
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How many steps are there in forming a sedimentary rock?
4
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Under what conditions do metamorphic rocks form?
heat and pressure beneath earths surface
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What is an origin?
The environment
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Which rock comes second in the rock cycle?
Sandstone
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How many things do rocks form?
5
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what are the three sedimentary rocks?
Clastic, Organic, and Chemical rocks
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How do Geologists classify metamorphic rocks?
By arrangement of grains
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Whats a texture?
Size ans shape
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What rock comes third in the rock cycle?
Quartzite
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What is the moons surface material the same as?
The Earths surface
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What is one of the uses of Sedimentary rocks?
Building materials
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What is a foliated rock?
The thin, flat layer found in metamorphic rocks.
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Whats a mineral composition?
How easily the lava or magma will flow?
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How do plate movements drive the rock cycle?
Pushing rocks back into the mantle
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What is the soil made out of?
Rocks
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Are sedimentary rocks small and solid, or big and smooth?
Small and solid
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What are the 2 most useful metamorphic rocks?
Marble and slate
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Are igneous hard or soft?
Hard and solid
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what are the 2 plates involved in the rock cycle?
Subducting oceanic and colliding continental plates
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How does limestone form?
In the ocean, many living things with shells, when they die, there shells pile up as sediments on the ocean floor.