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rock cycle review

earth science - rocks

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What is the material needed to form a sedimentary rock? sediment
What is the material needed to form a metamorphic rock? ANY type of rock
What is the material needed to form an igneous rock? molten material (magma or lava)
What process forms METAMORPHIC rocks? extreme heat & pressure
What processes form SEDIMENTARY rocks? E/D/C/C (erosion, deposition, compaction, cementation)
What process forms IGNEOUS rocks? cooling of molten material
What process produces magma or lava? melting
What process produces sediment? weathering
Which type of rock can produce sediment? ANY TYPE of rock can be weathered!
Which type of rock can produce magma? ANY TYPE of rock can be melted!
What are the two types of metamorphic rock? foliated & nonfoliated
What are the two types of igneous rock? intrusive & extrusive
What are the three types of sedimentary rock? clastic, organic & chemical
sedimentary rock + heat & pressure = __ metamorphic rock
magma + cooling = __ igneous rock (intrusive!)
igneous rock + weathering = __ sediment
metamorphic rock + melting = __ magma (or molten material)
sediment + E/D/C/C = __ sedimentary rock
Conglomerate is an example of which type of rock? sedimentary (clastic)
Coal is an example of which type of rock? sedimentary (organic)
Gneiss is an example of which type of rock? metamorphic (foliated)
Basalt is an example of which type of rock? igneous (extrusive)
Granite is an example of which type of rock? igneous (intrusive)
igneous rock + __ = metamorphic rock heat & pressure
metamorphic rock + __ = sediment weathering
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