Metamorphic rock transforms to sediment by ______?

Heat and ____________ can change sedimentary rock into metamorphic rock.

Igneous rocks form from the __________ of magma or lava.

_________ is the process which causes magma to form.

Why are some igneous rocks coarse and others are smooth?

Which type of rock often contains fossils and how do you think this occurs?

Which of the following is an igneous rock?

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

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

Which characteristic is found only in sedimentary rocks?

The Mount Rushmore National Monument is carved from the granite (formed from magma underground) of South Dakota's Black Hills. What type of rock is granite?

The seated sculpture of President Lincoln inside the Lincoln Memorial was carved out of white Georgia marble (formed from Earth's pressure and heat). What type of is marble?

Which characteristic is common to EXTRUSIVE igneous rocks?

Identify the series of geologic processes that can transform magma into granite (igneous rock), granite into sand (sediment), and sand into sandstone (sedimentary rock).

Which type of rock is made from magma cooling inside Earth?

Which type of rock is made from lava cooling on the surface of Earth?

Mixture of minerals, volcanic glass, organic matter, or other material

A model showing the processes that create and change rock.

_________ rock can be changed by heat and pressure into metamorphic rock.

__________ rock can be broken into fragments that may later form sedimentary rock.

______ rock can melt and cool to form igneous rock.

Magma that reaches the surface flows from a volcano as ____________

Magma trapped below the surface forms large – grained ______________ rock when it cools.

Magma cooling at or near Earth’s surface forms small-grained __________ igneous rock.

Igneous rocks are classified in 2 ways.

Volcanic glass rock (obsidian) __________ so quickly that few crystals form.

_____________ and ______________ result from one layer of rock on top of another layer.

Sometimes temperature and pressure are great enough to melt rock, forming ______________.

_____________ texture – mineral grains flatten and line up in parallel layers or bands.

_______ texture - mineral grains grow and rearrange but do not form layers.

Sometimes ____________ flattens mineral grains in rocks without melting them.

Type of rock mostly found on the exposed surface of Earth.

Sedimentary Rocks form in

Rock fragments, mineral grains, and bits of plants and animal remains moved by wind, water, ice or gravity are called _________________.

When water and other minerals move through open spaced between larger sediments, gluing them together, ____________ occurs.

_________ ___________ rocks are made from the remains of once – living plants or animals.