Chapter 2

Question 1

a naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter

Answer 1

rock

Question 2

the series of processes in which a rock forms, changes from one type to another, is destroyed, and forms again

Answer 2

rock cycle

Question 3

the process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another

Answer 3

erosion

Question 4

the process in which material is laid down

Answer 4

deposition

Question 5

the chemical makeup of a rock; describes either the minerals or other materials in the rock

Answer 5

composition

Question 6

the quality of a rock that is based on the sizes, shapes, and positions or rock grains

Answer 6

texture

Question 7

rock formed from the cooling and solidification of magma beneath the Earth’s surface

Answer 7

intrusive igneous rock

Question 8

rock that forms as a result form volcanic activity at or near the Earth’s surface

Answer 8

extrusive igneous rock

Question 9

layers of a rock

Answer 9

strata

Question 10

the process in which sedimentary rocks are arranged in layers

Answer 10

stratafication

Question 11

the texture or metamorphic rock in which the mineral grains are arranged in planes or bands

Answer 11

foliated

Question 12

the texture of metamorphic rock in which the mineral grains are NOT arranged in planes or bands

Answer 12

nonfoliated