IGNEOUS ROCK
What is liquefied rock found below the Earth's surface?
Magma
What is the process of rock fragments, soil and organic matter being formed due to weathering?
Sediment
What does metamorphic mean?
It means to alter/transform.
When sediments go under compacting and cementing processes they become___________
The building blocks of rocks
What are the three forces that assist weathering with breaking down rocks into smaller pieces?
What is gravity, pressure and heat
What is liquefied rock found above the Earth's surface?
Lava
The processes that turn sediments into sedimentary rocks?
What are compaction and cementation?
The type of rock that forms when the original rock is exposed to both heat and pressure?
What is metamorphic.
When igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks undergo weathering and begin to turn into __________.
What is sediments?
Which mineral on the Mohs Hardness scale is found in metal, telescopes, camera lenses and even toothpaste?
The different land forms of the Earth are formed by _______?
Erosion
Igneous rocks are categorized as _________ or _________, depending on where the liquefied rock cools.
Extrusive and Intrusive
A clastic sedimentary rock that is light in color, found near bodies of water and has many layers of fine minerals, specifically quartz.
What is sandstone?
________________is the movement of minerals into layers or bands?
What is foliation?
The processes that turn metamorphic rocks into sediments
What are weathering and erosion?
What are the four properties that help identify a mineral?
Hardness, Color, Shape and Luster
The process of sand, dirt, clay, and/or small rocks being pressed together over time so the space between the sediment gets smaller.
What is compaction?
__________ igneous rocks have larger crystals than the other kind of igneous rocks.
What is intrusive?
This type of sedimentary rocks form when dead plants and animal remains accumulate and then cemented together?
Organic Sedimentary Rock
Limestone is the parent rock of this metamorphic rock.
What is marble?
_________ and ____________ turn sedimentary rocks into metamorphic rocks.
Heat and pressure
Sand is composed of which mineral?
What is quartz
What is the chemical process that transforms compressed sediment into a rock
What is cementation?
This extrusive rock is known for its glassy surface, dark color and was used to create weapons in the past.
Obsidian
What type of sedimentary rock is limestone?
What is chemical?
What is the difference between non-foliated and foliated metamorphic rocks?
Non Foliated: Rocks that have a coarse texture similar to an igneous state.
Foliated: Rocks that have bands due to the foliation process
When metamorphic and igneous rocks go under melting they turn into__________
What is magma?
It turns into a crystal.
What is foliation?