Rock cycle Flashcards
What is an igneous rock caused by?
Magma cooling
What is an metamorphic rock caused by?
Sediment + heat and pressure
What is an sedimentary rock caused by?
weathering of other rocks making sediment and it being compressed.
What rocks can sediment be made from?
All
Explain how igneous rocks are formed?
Magma slowly cooling over time in the earths crust or the magma being shot out of a volcano and cooling immediately.
Extrusive rocks vs intrusive rocks
Form out of the ground where intrusive form inside
Do sedimentary rocks include animal and plant remains?
Yessss
Explain the process of sedimentary rocks forming.
good luck
Clastic sedimentary rocks
form from pieces of older rocks that have been eroded and deposited.
Organic sedimentary rocks
are made from material that was once part of a living organism.