science

Question 1

rock

Answer 1

A naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter.

Question 2

rock cycle

Answer 2

The series of processes in which a rock forms, changes from one type to another, is destroyed, and forms again by geological processes.

Question 3

erosion

Answer 3

The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another.

Question 4

deposition

Answer 4

The process in which material is laid down.

Question 5

composition

Answer 5

The chemical makeup of a rock; describes either the minerals or other materials in the rock.

Question 6

texture

Answer 6

The quality of a rock that is based on the sizes, shapes, and position of the rocks grains.

Question 7

intrusive igneous rock

Answer 7

Rock formed from the cooling and solidification of magma beneath the Earths surface.

Question 8

extrusive igneous rock

Answer 8

Rock that forms as a result of volcanic activity at or near the Earths surface.

Question 9

Strata

Answer 9

Layers of rock (singular strata)

Question 10

Stratification

Answer 10

The process in which sedimentary rocks are arranged in layers.

Question 11

foliated

Answer 11

The texture of metamorphic rock in which the mineral grains are arranged in planes of bands.

Question 12

nonfoliated

Answer 12

The texture of metamorphic rock in which the mineral grains are not arranged in planes or bands.