rocks. 3.2

Question 1

illustrate and describes three locations igneous rock forms

Answer 1

1 intrusive inside the earth with slow cooling coarse-grained or granite 2. Extrusive volcanic– exiting from Earth fast cooling fine-grained glassy or vesicular 3. porphyritic is plutonic/volcanic fine/coarse-grained an example is snowflake obsidian.

Question 2

convergent boundaries with subduction divergent boundaries, and hot spots are the locations this rock type forms

Answer 2

answer igneous rock

Question 3

Steps for sedimentary rock formation

Answer 3

1. Weathering 2. Erosion 3. Compaction 4. Cementation

Question 4

the process that presses sentiments together is

Answer 4

compaction

Question 5

the process in which dissolved materials crystallize and glue particles of sediment together is called

Answer 5

cementation

Question 6

three types of sedimentary rock are as follows

Answer 6

clastic, chemical, and organic

Question 7

three examples of sedimentary rock

Answer 7

an example of chemical is limestone or rock salt
an example of clastic is sandstone and conglomerate
an example of organic is coal, Petoskey stone and fossilized coral

Question 8

which kind of rocks form when minerals that are dissolved in a solution crystallize

Answer 8

classical sedimentary rock

Question 9

list three examples of clastic sedimentary rock

Answer 9

conglomerate, breccia, and sandstone

Question 10

list two examples of organic sedimentary rock

Answer 10

limestone and coal

Question 11

metamorphic rock examples

Answer 11

shale a sedimentary rock can turn into Slate a metamorphic rock
sandstone a sedimentary rock can turn in to quartzite
granite and igneous rock can turn into gneiss

Question 12

Metamorphic rocks that have their grains in parallel fans or layered are said to be

Answer 12

foliated

Question 13

Foliated metamorphic rocks do not split into layers and may be extremely hard

Answer 13

false

Question 14

Slate because it is foliated splits easily into pieces that can be used for flooring roofing walkways or chalkboards

Answer 14

true

Question 15

Marvel is a beautiful foliated rock that was used to build it to you as Taj Mahal and the two of the unknown soldier in Washington DC

Answer 15

false it is a non-foliated rock

Question 16

collision between Earth’s plates may deform rock or push plates down toward Earth’s hot mantle to create sedimentary rock

Answer 16

false