| Rocks in General |
| #1 |
This is what a geologist uses to determine a rocks mineral composition |
What is a microscope? |
| #2 |
This type of rock formed from layers of remains of plant and animal |
What is a Sedimentary rock? |
| #3 |
A rocks texture is characterized as... |
What is the size, shape, and pattern of the rock's grain? |
| #4 |
The names of the 3 major rock groups refer to |
What is how the rocks are formed? |
| #5 |
This rock has large crystals on a background of smaller crystals |
What is Porphyritic? |
| Igneous Rocks |
| #1 |
Igneous rocks that form when magma hardens beneath the Earth Surface |
What are intrusive rocks? |
| #2 |
Basalt is this type of igneous rock |
What is an Extrusive Rock? |
| #3 |
This causes large crystals to form in igneous rocks |
What is deep slow cooling magma? |
| #4 |
These are the three characteristics why people use igneous rocks for tools |
What are hard, durable and dense? |
| #5 |
Igneous rocks may be similar in mineral composition yet have different.... |
What is texture? |
| Metamorphic Rocks |
| #1 |
Metamorphic rocks are formed here |
What is deep underground? |
| #2 |
Metamorphic rocks that have their grains arranged in parallel bands are said to be... |
What is Foliated? |
| #3 |
These are the 2 forces that turn rocks into metamorphic |
What are Heat and Pressure? |
| #4 |
This metamorphic rock is useful for buildings and statues |
What is Marble? |
| #5 |
These are the 4 things that change when a rock changes to metamorphic |
What is appearance, texture, crystal structure and mineral compositon? |
