Rock Cycle

Front

What geologic process changes pieces of rocks, minerals and other materials into sedimentary rocks?

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Compacting and Cementing

Front

What characteristic is common in metamorphic rocks?

Back

Foliations or layers

Front

What geologic process can change granite (igneous rock) into gneiss (metamorphic rock)?

Back

Heat and pressure

Front

What type of rock is formed from slow cooling magma UNDER the earth's surface?

Back

Intrusive Igneous

Front

Identify the series of geologic processes that can transform sediment into shale (sedimentary rock), shale into slate (metamorphic), and slate into magma. Options:

Cooling; Melting; Heat and Pressure

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Compacting and cementing; heat and pressure; melting

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Melting; heat and pressure; cooling

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Weathering and erosion; compacting and cementing; cooling

Back

Compacting and cementing; heat and pressure; melting

Front

What type of rock is formed from slow cooling magma under the earth's surface?

Back

Intrusive Igneous

Front

Which characteristic is found only in sedimentary rocks? Options: Fossils, Crystals, Gas Bubbles, Glassy Surface

Back

Fossils

Front

What type of rock is granite?

Back

Igneous

Front

What type of rock is marble?

Back

Metamorphic

Front

Which characteristic is common to EXTRUSIVE igneous rocks? Options: Crystals, Fossils, Glassy surface, Ribbonlike layers

Back

Glassy surface