Rocks Flashcard 2026

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What is a rock?

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A solid mass of mineral that occurs naturally as part of our planet.

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What is the name of the process in which igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks are converted into one another in stages?

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rock cycle

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Which of these igneous rock samples is intrusive? It formed beneath the Earth's surface and cooled slowly. Options: A, B, C, D

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A

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What has to occur to change igneous rock into sediment?

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weathering, transportation, and deposition

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Why are fossils like the trilobite rarely found in metamorphic or igneous rock?

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Heat and pressure are great enough to destroy the structure of fossils found in these rocks.

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Ancient Lake Bonneville in Utah evaporated and left behind huge salt flats. This is an example of which type of rock?

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Chemical sedimentary rocks.

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Label the rock samples: A, B, C.

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A is igneous, B is sedimentary, C is metamorphic

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In what type of rock was the Wooly Mammoth tusk discovered near Las Vegas preserved? Options: Sedimentary, Igneous, Metamorphic

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Sedimentary

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What process causes igneous rock to transform into metamorphic rock?

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Exposure to heat and high pressure

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What best describes "B" in the diagram of rocks forming above or beneath the earth's surface?

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Intrusive Igneous rock