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Igneous and Sedimentary Rock Review

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  • Which sedimentary rock is made from broken up shells?
    limestone
  • What are quartz and feldspar?
    minerals
  • What word describes how a river uses broken up rocks to cut out a valley?
    erosion
  • What is breaking up rocks with heat and cold called?
    weathering
  • What is the main characteristic of igneous rocks?
    It is crystalline.
  • What is an igneous rock that forms on the surface of the Earth?
    extrusive igneous rock
  • What is the hollow the river cuts out of the rocks called?
    valley
  • What type of fossil is an imprint of the animal or plant?
    a mould
  • What is the process called when sediments build up in layers on the sea bed?
    sedimentation
  • What do we call an animal's remains preserved in rock?
    a fossil
  • What do igneous rocks come from?
    magma
  • What process causes magma to form igneous rock?
    solidification
  • What word describes how a river carries sediments?
    transportation
  • What type of igneous rock forms inside the Earth's crust?
    intrustive igneous rock
  • What word describes how a river drops sediments in a lake or the sea?
    deposition
  • If a mould fills with minerals, what type of fossil do we get?
    a cast
  • What kind of texture do intrusive igneous rocks have?
    course crystalline
  • What does the word "igneous" mean?
    fire
  • Which sedimentary rock is made from very fine-grained sediments?
    shale
  • Which rocks are made of broken up pieces of other rocks?
    sedimentary rock