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What is the name of the rock that is formed when ocean water evaporates and leaves deposits of marine organisms behind?
Limestone
The type of metamorphism that occurs over a large area when tectonic plates collide is known as __________ metamorphism.
Regional
The type of metamorphism that occurs when magma heats up and deforms nearby rocks is ___________ metamorphism.
Contact
Describe nonfoliated metamorphic rocks and give an example.
Metamorphic rocks that do not have layers or banding. Examples: quartzite or marble
Glassy igneous rocks cool ______________.
Rapidly/quickly/fast.
Where do metamorphic rocks form?
Deep underground
Where does pumice form?
Volcanic eruptions
Granite is the parent rock of gneiss. How does granite change to gneiss?
Heat and pressure
What rock is made of particles of clay that have been compacted and compressed together?
Shale
What rock is a made up of tiny particles of sand that have been compacted and compressed together?
Sandstone
Limestone, shale, and sandstone are examples of what kind of rock?
Sedimentary
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.
What are rocks made of?
Minerals!
What kind of rock is granite?
Intrusive igneous
What are clastic sedimentary rocks?
A rock made from smaller pieces (sediment) of other rocks pressed together.
You can determine if an igneous rock cooled quickly or slowly by looking at ______________.
Crystal size
The parent rock of slate is ________.
Shale
What must occur to transform a sedimentary rock into a metamorphic rock?
Intense heat and pressure
What is it called when water or wind breaks rocks into smaller pieces?
Weathering
A rock that forms when magma hardens beneath Earth's surface is called ___________ _________.
Intrusive igneous
What two processes must happen to sediment in order to form a sedimentary rock?
Compaction & cementation
What type of rock is formed from magma cooling?
Intrusive igneous


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