Mrs. Cronin's Chapter 4 Review Rocks
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Name the 3 categories of rock | Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic |
| Name 2 forces tha produce metamorphic rock | heat and pressure |
| Name the 2 subdivisions of metamorphic rock | foliated & nonfoliated |
| metamorphic rocks with grains arranged in parallel layers | foliated |
| metamorphic rocks with grains arranged randomly | nonfoliated |
| Name the metamorpic rock that forms from limestone | marble |
| Name the metamorphic rock that forms from shale | slate |
| Name the metamorphic rock that forms from granite | gneiss |
| Name the metamorphic rock that forms from sandstone | quartzite |
| Schist, slate, & gneiss are what type of metamorphic rock? | foliated |
| Marble & quartzite are what type of metamorphic rock? | Nonfoliated |
| Fire rocks that form from magma and lave | Igneous |
| A rock with large crystals surrounded by small crystals | porphory |
| Fire rocks that form from lava | extrusive igneous rocks |
| Fire rocks that form from magma | intrusive igneous rocks |
| Name the extrusive igneous rock that floats | pumice |
| Name the most common extrusive igneous rock | basalt |
| Name a fine-grained extrusive igneous rock that is shiny and looks like a piece of glass | obsidian |
| Name an intrusive igneous rock that contains the minerals feldspar, mica, quartz, and hornblende | granite |
| The size of crystals when lava cools quickly | fine-grained |
| The size of crystals when magma cools slowly | coarse-grained |
| Small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or living things | sediment |
| Sediment is formed from what process? | erosion |
| When sediments settle out of water or wind | deposition |
| When sediments are pressed together in layers | compaction |
| When dissolved minerals glue sediments together | cementation |
| A series of processes on Earth's surface & in the crust and mantle that slowly change rocks from one kind to another | rock cycle |
| Name the 3 major groups of sedimentary rock | clastic, organic, and chemical |
| Tiny particles of clay form which type of sedimentary rock | shale |
| Small particles of sand form which type of sedimentary rock | sandstone |
| A clastic sedimentary rock that has rounded, different sized rock fragments | conglomerate |
| A clastic sedimentary rock that has sharp angular pieces of rock embedded in a matrix | breccia |
| The type of sedimentary rock that forms when rock fragments are squeezed together | clastic |
| The type of sedimentary rock that forms when minerals dissolved in solution crystallize | chemical |
| The type of sedimentary rock that forms when the remains of plants and animals are deposited in thick layers | organic |
| Shale. breccia, conglomerate, & sandstone are which type of sedimentary rock? | clastic sedimentary rock |
| Coal and limestone are which type of sedimentary rock? | organic sedimentary rock |
| Halite and limestone are which type of sedimentary rock? | chemical sedimentary rock |
| mixtures of minerals and other materials | rocks |
| Name 3 characteristics geologists use to classify rocks | texture, color and mineral composition |
| Particles of minerals and other rocks that make up a rock are called? | grains |
| the look and feel of a rock's surface | texture |
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