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ROCKS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| EROSION | process where wind, water, ice, or gravity MOVES sediment |
| weathering | process that breaks down rock into sediment |
| deposition | process where sediments drop (and may pile up) |
| composition | what a rock is made of (ex: granite is made of quartz, feldspar, and mica) |
| coarse-grained | crystals are larger than sand |
| fine-grained | crystals are too small to be seen without a microscope |
| magma | melted/molten rock underground |
| cooling rate of coarse-grained igneous rock | magma cooled SLOWLY (thousands of years) |
| cooling rate of fine-grained igneous rock | cooling rate of fine-grained igneous rock |
| LAVA | melted/molten rock on the surface of the earth |
| 2 types of igneous rock | intrusive and extrusive |
| type of igneous rock that forms from magma (underground) | intrusive |
| type of igneous rock that forms from lave | extrusive |
| 3 types of sedimentary rock |