Question | Answer |
Intrusive Igneous rock is.. | Rock that forms below the surface |
Extrusive Igneous Rock forms... | Above the surface |
Pluton | Large; Irregular |
Batholiths | Largest igneous formation |
Stocks | Smallest igneous formation |
Dikes | Formed in sheets across other already formed rocks |
Sills | Parallel to already formed rock;Sheet like |
Fossiliferous Limestone has rains of____ | Seas Animals |
Fossiliferous Limestone is formed from | cemented together and formed from coral and mollusks |
The main chemical component in fossiliferous limestone is | Carbonate |
What is carbonates symbol | CaCO3 |
What is a type of organic Sedimentary rock? | coal |
What is coal formed from | Plant materials are buried beneath years of sediment |
What changes the deposit of coal? | Heat and pressure |
What is the arrangement of sedimentary rock in layers | Stratification |
Strata is | individual layers of sedimentary rock |
What does the strata very upon? | size, kind, and color |
reveal the direction of wind on sand dunes | Ripple marks |
Bentonite is formed from what material | clay |
What is made of very fine silicate crystals and used widely in the industry | Bentonites |
What happens when water is added to bentonite | Expands 300 percent |
What does meta do | Change |
What does Morphos do | Shape |
What does shale do | Gneis |
What is the definition of Metamorphic rock | structure, texture, or composition has changed |
When rock is heated by nearby magma | Contact Metamorphic |
What rock endures intense pressure | Regional Metamorphism |
When pieces of Earth's crust collide with each other what happens? | Regional Metamorphism |
Mineral that form only in metamorphic rock at certain temps. and pressures are | Index |