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Formation
Name that rock
Coarse or Fine-Grained
Found in...
Misc.
100
How does INTRUSIVE ROCKS form.
They form when magma hardens beneath the earths surface.
100
What rock is usally light-colored?
Granite
100
What does it mean to call a rock FINE-GRAINED?
It means that its very small and tiny and you would need a mircoscope to look at it.
100
What rock is found in the organisms deposits?
Organic rock
100
What are the three main types of sedimentary rocks?
1.clastic rock 2.organic rock 3.chemical rock
200
How does the coral reef form?
It forms when shallow seas civer the low lying parts of the continents.
200
What is a rock that is dark and dense?
Basalt
200
What does it mean to call a rock COARSE-GRAINED?
It means that the rock is very large and very easy to see.
200
What rock is found in the contenintal crust?
Granite
200
How does sedimentary rocks form? ( give me in the 1,2,3,4 list)
1.erosion 2.deposistion 3.compaction 4.cementation
300
How does metamorphic rocks form.
It forms from a existing rock that is changed by chemical reactions.
300
What rock forms from the cooling of magma?
Igneous rock
300
Is granite coarse-or-fine?
Granite is coarse grained.
300
What rock is found at or below the earths surface?
Igneous rock
300
What charecteristics make igneous rocks useful?
By its hard outer core shell and it being rough.
400
How does igneous rocks form?
By the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface.
400
What rock is formed existiong rock?
Metamorphic rock.
400
Is basalt coarse-or-fine?
It is fine-grained
400
What rock is beneath earths surface but its harden?
Intrusive rock
400
How do geologists classify igneous rocks?
1.mineral composistion 2.color 3.texture
500
How does sedimentary rocks form?
It forms from when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are cemented together.
500
What rock is formed when minerals cyrstalize?
Chemical rock
500
Is shale fine-or-coarse?
Shale is fine-grained.
500
What rock is found in the remains of organisms?
Organic rock
500
What are the two main igneous rocks?
1.granite 2.basalt