| Question | Answer |
| What kind of texture would an igneous rock have that cools very quickly? | Smooth |
| When all the grains in a rock are large and easy to see, is the rock fine grained or coarse grained? | Coarse grained |
| Rock that forms from the cooling of magma below Earth's surface is called __________________. | Igneous |
| Igneous rock that forms from lava erupting on Earth's surface is called _________________. | Extrusive |
| Most metamorphic rock comes from _______________ _____________
Earth's surface. | Deep inside |
| The most abundant intrusive rock is _______________. | Granite |
| _________________ is the process by which sediment settle out of water or wind by carrying it. | Deposition |
| Chalk that forms form sediment made of skeletons of microscopic living things in the ocean is an ________________ rock. | Organic |
| Heat and pressure beneath Earth's surface can change any rock into ___________________ rock. | Metamorphic |
| The heat that changes a rock into metamorphic rock comes from the heat of the ________________. | Mantle |
| How do geologists classify Metamorphic rocks? By the arrangement of their _____________. | Grains |
| When a Metamorphic rock has grains that are arranged in parallel layers, is classified as __________________. | Foliated |
| A series of processes on Earth's surface and in the crust and mantle that slowly changes from one rock to another is called a ___________ ______________. | Rock cycle |
| If two continental plates collide, and one is forced down toward the heat of the mantle, what type of rock could be produced? | Metamorphic |
| _______________ is the process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together. | Cementation |
| Rocks are made up of a mixture of _____________ and other materials. | Minerals |
| Heat and pressure can change an igneous rock into a ________________ rock. | Metamorphic |
| What is the most common extrusive rock? | Basalt |
| What is the most common intrusive rock? | Granite |
| A metamorphic rock that does not have it's grains arranged in bands is said to be ____________-_______________. | Non-Foliated |
| The uplift, folding , and faulting that move rocks through the rock cycle are caused by movements of Earth's tectonic _____________. | Plates |
| In the rock cycle, melted rock from the _____________ moves upward when oceanic plates move apart. | Mantle |
| What process presses layers of sediment together? | Compaction |
| The process in which dissolved minerals stick together to form sedimentary rock is called _____________________. | Cementation |
| What is the carrying of rock fragments, by water, wind, or ice called? | Erosion |
| What causes of rocks to change into metamorphic rock? | Heat and pressure |
| Sediment settles out of moving water by the process of _________________. | Deposition |
| When water in seas or lakes evaporates, what type of sedimentary rock is formed? | Chemical |
| _______________ Is small, solid material that come from rocks or living things. | Sediment |
