Rocks and Minerals

Question 1

3 types of rocks

Answer 1

igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic

Question 2

rocks made from lava

Answer 2

igneous rocks

Question 3

is a naturally occurring substance with distinctive chemical and physical properties, composition and atomic structure.

Answer 3

a mineral

Question 4

are recycled rocks formed by the deposition of fragments of material (sediment) that have been eroded and weathered from other parent rocks.

Answer 4

sedimentary rocks

Question 5

are formed by the cooling of a very hot, molten material called magma, which originates deep inside the Earth.

Answer 5

igneous rocks

Question 6

types of igneous rocks

Answer 6

intrusive and extrusive

Question 7

form when magma cools slowly beneath Earth’s surface, typically forming large crystals.

Answer 7

intrusive igneous rocks

Question 8

forms when magma erupts above Earth’s surface as lava.

Answer 8

extrusive igneous rocks

Question 9

were originally a sedimentary rock, an igneous rock or even another sort metamorphic rock.

Answer 9

metamorphic rocks

Question 10

literally means ‘change in form’

Answer 10

metamorphism

Question 11

are generally made up of two of more minerals, mixed up through geological processes.

Answer 11

rocks

Question 12

a basic concept in geology that describes transitions through geologic time among the three main rock types

Answer 12

the rock cycle