Rock quiz Flashcards by Adelyn Klein

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What is a sedimentary rock

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Sediments that have been compacted into layers

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what is a metamorphic rock

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A rock that has metamorphosed into another

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What are the 2 most useful metamorphic rock

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Marble and slate

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Clastic

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sedimentary rock that was made up of other pieces of rocks

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chemical

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rocks made from the precipitation or minerals

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organic

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Sedimentary rock made from former living things

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cementation

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crystalization of minerals

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compaction

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pressing of sediment

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erosion

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Loosning of rock

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deposition

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Settling of sediment

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Foliated

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strata

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Non-foliated

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No strata

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Is pumice acidic or basic

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Acidic

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Is pumice intrusive or extrusive

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Ex

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Is scoria acidic or basic

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Basic

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Is scoria intrusive or extrusive

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Ex

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Is basalt acidic or basic

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basic

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Is basalt intrusive or extrusive

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Ex

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Is obsidian acidic or basic

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ac

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Is obsidian intrusinve or extrusive

A

Ex

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Is gabbros acidic or basic

A

basic

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Is gabbros intrusive or extrusive

A

In

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is granite acidic or basic

A

acidic

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is granite intrusive or extrusive

A

intrusive

Is porphry acidic or basic

acidic

is porphry intrusive or extrusive

intr

is pegmatite acidic or basic

ac

is pegmatite intr or extru

inrusive

what rock is used in landscaping

marble

what is the rock that floats

pumice

what is mount rushmore made from

granite

what is the most common igneous rock

granite

what is the rock of the oceans

basalt

what is the rock of the continents

granite

what are the only 2 metamorphic rocks that are nonfloiated

Quartzite and marble

what is the parent rock of anthracite coal

bituminous coal

what is the parent rock of slate

shale

what is the parent rock of mica schist

Black mica

what is the parent rock of gneiss

granite

what is the parent rock of marble

fossil limestone

what is the parent rock of quartzite

sandstone

what rock is found at devils lake

quartzite

what metamorphic rock is used in railway beds

quartzite

what rock is used in pool tables

slate