Rock A
This rock is formed deep within the Earth. Existing rock is heated to extreme temperatures or put under enormous pressure.
What is metamorphic rock?
Sediment that is deposited at its final resting spot.
What is deposition?
When rain, snow, or ice caused rocks to break down or break apart.
What is weathering?
This rock is formed when sediment is buried deeply, it becomes compacted and cemented.
What is sedimentary rock?
Sediment that moves from one location to the next.
What is erosion?
Some of this type of rock may contain fossils of plants or animals.
What is sedimentary rock?
Intense ______________ and _______________ can make metamorphic rock.
What is heat and pressure?
This type of rock may contain holes from gases.
What is igneous rock?
In order for a sedimentary rock to turn into a metamorphic rock ________________ and _______________ must occur.
What is heat and pressure?
In order for an igneous rock to change into a sedimentary rock _______________ and _______________ must occur.
What is weathering and cementation?
A substance formed in Earth, that is not of an animal or plant. Gold, silver, iron, and salt are examples of this.
What is mineral?
This rock is associated with volcanoes. Magma hardens underground or above ground.
What is igneous rock?
Little bits and pieces of rock.
What is sediment?
Is basically a mixture of elements.
What is rock?
The process that changes rock from one kind to another.
What is the rock cycle?
Melted rock in the ground is called ____________.
What is magma?
The weight of layers and layers of sediment causes ______________.
What is compaction?
Obsidian is _________________ rock.
What is igneous?
In the rock cycle, cold rocks are converted into new rocks. (True or False)
What is true?
Name the three rock families.
What is sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic?
Magma that cools outside the Earth's surface as lava, creates _______________ rock.
What is igneous?
Metamorphic rocks that have their grains arranged in parallel layers or bands is called _________________.
What is foliated?
Sandstone and shale are examples of ______________ rock.
What is sedimentary?
_____________rocks include slate and marble.
What is metamorphic?
________________ is a rock in the Minnesota River Valley that dates back 3.5 million years.
What is Morton Gneiss?