Geology: Rocks

Question 0

Rock Cycle

Answer 0

Continual process by which new rock forms from old rock material

Question 1

Rock

Answer 1

Naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter

Question 2

Weathering

Answer 2

Process in which water, wind, ice and heat break down rock

Question 3

Erosion

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Deposition

Answer 4

The process in which material is laid down

Question 5

Composition

Answer 5

The chemical makeup of a rock, describes either he minerals or other materials in the rock

Question 6

Texture

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

Question 7

Igneous

Answer 7

Rock formed from magma cooling and solidifying at the higher levels of Earths crust

Question 8

Sedimentary Rock

Answer 8

Grains of sediment that are compacted and cemented together to form the rock

Question 9

Metamorphic Rock

Answer 9

At great depths, intense pressure heat and squeeze sedimentary rock and change it into metamorphic rock

Question 10

Intrusive Igneous Rock

Answer 10

Rock formed from the cooling and solidification of magma beneath the Earths surface

Question 11

Extrusive Igneous Rock

Answer 11

Rock that forms as a result of volcanic activity at or near the Earths surface

Question 12

Clastic Sedimentary Rock

Answer 12

Rock made up of fragments of rocks cemented together by a mineral such as calcite and quartz

Question 13

Chemical Sedimentary Rock

Answer 13

Forms from solutions of dissolved minerals and water

Question 14

Organic Sedimentary Rock

Answer 14

Organic sedimentary rock forms underground

Question 15

Foliated Metamorphic Rock

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Unfoliated Metamorphic Rock

Answer 16

Texture of metamorphic rock in which the mineral grains are not arranged in planes or bands