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Review: Rock Test

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What are the 3 types of rocks? sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic
How does magma form igneous rocks? inside the earth by cooling and hardening slowly
What breaks down igneous rocks into sediments? weathering from roots of plants, ice, running water, ice, wind, and gravity
How can metamorphic rocks be changed into sedimentary rocks? weathering (broken down) into sediment, eroded, deposited, compacted, and cemented with other sediment
What changes sedimentary rock to metamorphic rock? extreme heat and pressure
What happens when minerals in igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks completely melt? they are no longer rocks, but magma
How can igneous rocks turn into metamorphic rocks? extreme heat and pressure
What two things must happen for sediments to turn into sedimentary rocks? compaction and cementation
What is the ONLY rock that can form directly from magma? Why? Igneous, because metamorphic rocks are existing rock that are changed from heat and pressure, sedimentary have nothing to do with lava or magma directly
What kind of rocks can be changed to form metamorphic rocks? All types (sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic)
When magma cools BELOW the earth's surface, what rock forms? intrusive igneous rock
When lava cool ABOVE the earth's surface, what rock forms? extrusive igneous rock
How do changes in the rock cycle support the law of conservation of matter? There is no new "rocks/matter" created. The matter of the rocks is not destroyed only recycled.
What is the model that illustrates the processes that create and change rocks? the rock cycle
What is magma that reaches the Earth's surface and flows from volcanoes? lava
Why is the rock cycle considered a cycle? Cycle is from the word meaning circle. Like a circle, the rock cycle never ends.
What characteristics makes igneous rocks so different from sedimentary and metamorphic rocks? formed by cooling and hardening of magma (below the earth) and lava (above the earth) and forms crystals.
Why are sedimentary rocks most common in our area? There are no volcanoes to form igneous rocks and no plate boundaries to form metamorphic rocks.
What are characteristics of a sedimentary rocks? generally have layers, with bits of rock fragments, and the remains of plants and animals.
What are characteristics of metamorphic rocks? have grains that appear as bent or twisted layers
Created by: jschroeder4
 

 



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