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Metamorphic Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Igneous Rocks
Stages of the Cycle
Guess Which Rock
100
Rock made with quartz, feldspar, and biotite. These minerals are mashed together to form this rock.
What is schist?
100
Formed with calcite, aragonite, and fossils of marine organisms.
What is limestone?
100
Glassy rock containing minerals. Made from feldspar, quartz, and feldspathoid.
What is basalt?
100
During this stage of the rock cycle, magma or lava loses its heat and hardens.
What is cooling?
100
Schist is this type of rock.
What is a metamorphic rock?
200
A clear, glassy mineral with no cleavage. Can form six-sided crystals.
What is quartz?
200
Silica rich rock that can have small fossils.
What is chert?
200
A rock based on feldspar and silica (basalt).
What are felsic rocks?
200
This is when a rock is heated and it starts to liquefy into lava or magma.
What is melting?
200
Quartz is this type of metamorphic rock.
What is a non-foliated rock?
300
Layered or banded and is formed by heat and pressure.
What are foliated metamorphic rocks?
300
A type of sandstone that is dominated with quartz and mica.
What is arkose?
300
Rocks based on magnesium and ferrous/ferric (basalt).
What are mafic rocks?
300
During this stage, rocks are broken down from water or wind and are moved by it.
What is weathering and erosion?
300
Sandstone is this type of rock.
What is a sedimentary rock?
400
These types of metamorphic rocks don't have layered or banded appearences.
What are non-foliated metamorphic rocks?
400
Rock made with mud, clay, quartz, and other minerals.
What is shale?
400
Rocks dominated by quartz and alkali feldspar.
What are silica rocks?
400
When rocks are warmed and pushed together and become smaller and more compacted.
What is heat and pressure?
400
Conglomerate is classified as this type of rock.
What is a sedimentary rock?
500
A foliated metamorphic rock formed from shale and breaks into pieces.
What is slate?
500
Rock made of sand or grains.
What is sandstone?
500
This rock forms from lava, and is said to not have any cooling time, so it doesn't harden into glass.
What is obsidian?
500
When the rock particles start to stick together, and then are finally stuck together by mud or clay.
What is compaction and cementation?
500
Obsidian, granite, and basalt are classified as this type of rock.
What are igneous rocks?