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Rock Cycle Review

  • Game Code: 1452003
  •  English    22     Public
    A review of the rock cycle, how different rocks form, and examples of each type of rock
  •   Study   Slideshow
  • What type of rock is formed from magma cooling?
    Intrusive igneous
  •  15
  • What two processes must happen to sediment in order to form a sedimentary rock?
    Compaction & cementation
  •  20
  • A rock that forms when magma hardens beneath Earth's surface is called ___________ _________.
    Intrusive igneous
  •  25
  • What is it called when water or wind breaks rocks into smaller pieces?
    Weathering
  •  5
  • What must occur to transform a sedimentary rock into a metamorphic rock?
    Intense heat and pressure
  •  15
  • The parent rock of slate is ________.
    Shale
  •  20
  • You can determine if an igneous rock cooled quickly or slowly by looking at ______________.
    Crystal size
  •  15
  • What are clastic sedimentary rocks?
    A rock made from smaller pieces (sediment) of other rocks pressed together.
  •  20
  • What kind of rock is granite?
    Intrusive igneous
  •  20
  • What are rocks made of?
    Minerals!
  •  25
  • If you find a rock that contains fossils of tropical plants, what can you infer about where the rock was formed?
    It formed in a tropical climate.
  •  10
  • Limestone, shale, and sandstone are examples of what kind of rock?
    Sedimentary
  •  5
  • What rock is a made up of tiny particles of sand that have been compacted and compressed together?
    Sandstone
  •  10
  • What rock is made of particles of clay that have been compacted and compressed together?
    Shale
  •  15
  • Granite is the parent rock of gneiss. How does granite change to gneiss?
    Heat and pressure
  •  20
  • Where does pumice form?
    Volcanic eruptions
  •  25
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