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| A type of sedimentary rock formed when minerals come out of a solution and crystallize- the evaporation of water and the dissolved minerals are left behind |
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| particles of country rock and mineral grains that compact and cement together |
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| rocks that result from the evaporation of restricted bodies of water on the Earth's surface |
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| any rock derived from magma that was poured out or ejected at the Earth’s surface |
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| Igneous rock that form by the crystallization of magma at a depth in the earth |
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| magma that flows out of a volcano |
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| molten rock deep in the earth |
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| The process by which rocks are altered in composition, texture, or internal structure by extreme heat, pressure, and introduction of new chemical substances |
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| A sedimentary rock composed principally of the remains of plants and animals |
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| The rock mass from which parent material is derived (source) |
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| A rock formed at considerable depth by crystallization of magma or by chemical alteration |
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| metamorphism that occurs over broad areas of the crust |
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| Igneous rock can change into sedimentary rock or into metamorphic rock. Sedimentary rock can change into metamorphic rock or into igneous rock. Metamorphic rock can change into igneous or sedimentary rock |
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| coarse, fine, glassy, smooth and round, sharp and angular, elongated, banded, and unbanded |
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| A banded or foliated metamorphic rock |
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| coarse grained nonbanded igneous rock |
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| Type of sedimentary rock that has granular texture; in many cases, the grains are tiny fragments of fossil animal shells |
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| a naturally occurring volcanic glass formed as an extrusive igneous rock |
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| extrusive froth-like volcanic glass that was super-heated and expelled from the volcano: floats on water |
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| a fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock composed of mud that is a mix of flakes of clay minerals and tiny fragments |
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| How are igneous rocks formed? |
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| How are metamorphic rocks formed? |
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| alteration of existing rocks with heat and pressure |
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| How are sedimentary rocks formed? |
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| lithification of sediments or weakened rock debris |
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| Characteristics of metamorphic rock |
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| foliatated or nonfoliated, bands, hard, dense, no fossils, |
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| Characteristics of igneous rock |
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| made from volcanos,fine or coarse grains, slower cooling = larger crystals |
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| Characteristics of sedimentary rock |
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| grainy, they're made when different layers of pebbles, sand and such, are all compacted together by pressure, so they usually have layers, and limestone commonly contains fossils |
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| hardening of sediment into rock |
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| What are some rock formation processes? (7) |
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| Heat and Pressure, compaction, cementation, lithification, melting, cooling, and solidfication |
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| What are examples of igneous rock? |
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| obsidian pumice and granite |
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| What are examples of sedimentary rock? |
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| What are examples of metamorphic rock? |
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