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