Quiz #3- Minerals and Rocks- 20 to 29

Question 1

Intrusive

Answer 1

type of igneous rock that forms when magma cools under the earth’s surface.

Question 2

Extrusive

Answer 2

types of igneous rock that forms from lava that cooled above the earth’s surface.

Question 3

Metamorphic Rock

Answer 3

Metamorphic rocks started out as some other type of rock, but have been substantially changed from their original igneous, sedimentary, or earlier metamorphic form. Metamorphic rocks form when rocks are subjected to high heat, high pressure, hot mineral-rich fluids or, more commonly, some combination of these factors.

Question 4

Foliated

Answer 4

type of metamorphic rock created when mineral grains flatten and lineup into parallel bands.

Question 5

Non- foliated

Answer 5

type of metamorphic rock created when mineral grains change, grow and rearrange, but do not form bands.

Question 6

Sediments

Answer 6

pieces of broken rock or remains or those rocks.

Question 7

Sedimentary Rock

Answer 7

rock formed of mechanical, chemical, or organic sediment.

Question 8

Clastic

Answer 8

made from the broken parts of other rocks.

Question 9

Chemical

Answer 9

forms when minerals are precipitated from a solution or are left behind when a solution evaporates.

Question 10

Organic

Answer 10

forms from the remains of once living things.