Minerals
Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
Rock Cycle
100
True or False: Rocks are made out of minerals.
True
100
What landforms make igneous rocks?
Volcanoes
100
Weathering is the process that breaks rocks down into smaller pieces called ________.
Sediments
100
Metamorphic rocks are made by __________ and ___________
Heat and pressure
100
True or False?
Rocks never change.
False
200
Is this an example of Cleavage or Fracture?
Fracture
200
Magma that cools slowly has crystals that are _________.
Big
200
The process that carries sediments from one place to another.
Erosion
200
metamorphic rocks are made _________ground
What is under?
200
The _______ _______ is when rocks are continually changing into other types of rock.
What is the Rock Cycle?
300
What is the hardest minerals?
Diamond
300
Igneous rocks that are made from lava cooling on Earth's surface.
What are EXTRUSIVE rocks?
300
The process when sediments are dropped off in one place, usually when a river meets a lake or ocean.
Deposition
300
Metamorphic rocks get their name because "morph" means ________________
Change
300
A student found a rock in the desert that was mixed with clay, gravel, and fossils. What type of rock did the student find?
A) Sedimentary Rock
B) Igneous Rock
C) Metamorphic Rock
a. Sedimentary Rock
400
The color of a mineral’s powder left behind after it is scratched on a piece of tile is its...
Streak
400
Igneous rocks that are made underground from magma cooling under the surface.
What are INTRUSIVE rocks?
400
The process when sediments are buried deep in the Earth and packed together tightly in layers from the pressure above.
Compaction
400
The grains in the rocks are in parallel lines.
What are foliated rocks?
400
Molten lava cools to form which type of rock?
a. Metamorphic Rock
b. Sedimentary Rock
c. Igneous Rock
c. Igneous Rock
500
Atoms arranged in a pattern that repeats over and over again is known as a mineral's...
a. Crystal Structure
b. Fracture
c. Luster
a. Crystal Structure
500
The magma in intrusive rocks cools _____________.
a. quickly
b. slowly
b. slowly
500
The 3 main causes of erosion
Moving water, wind, and glaciers
500
The grains in the rocks are spread out randomly.
What are non-foliated rocks?
500
When heat and pressure are applied to any rock, it forms what type of rock?
A) sedimentary rock
B) metamorphic rock
C) igneous rock
b. Metamorphic Rock