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Rocks 2019
Rocks and the rock cycle
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8th Grade
12/09/2019

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Term
a coastline with beaches.
Definition
If you find sandstone in an area, then you can assume that the area was once
Term
an ocean floor.
Definition
If you find limestone in an area, then you can safely assume that the area was once
Term
sedimentary
Definition
The rock type you would find most often, at the surface, in New Brighton, is _____________________.
Term
True
Definition
T or F
In the rock cycle, sedimentary rock can either surface and eventually become sedimentary again, or it can be buried deeper and become metamorphic.
Term
C. rocks can take many paths, and change in any order
Definition
What may be different about the rock cycle when you compare it with other natural cycles that you have learned?
A. it has no beginning or end
B. it is predictable, and operates the same way over and over again
C. rocks can take many paths, and change in any order
D.rocks cycle just like water or any other natural cycle
Term
sedimentary
Definition
Fossils can only be found in this type of rock.
Term
energy
Definition
Coal and shale are important rocks, because they provide us with _____________________.
Term
limestone
Definition
The White Cliffs of Dover are composed mostly of what rock?[image]
Term
carbonate
Definition
Limestone is composed of shells and bones of ancient sea creatures. Therefore, it is a ____________________ sedimentary rock.
Term
clay
Definition
Shale forms from _____________________.
Term
False

(Shells and bones form carbonate)
Definition
T or F
Clastic sedimentary rock is made of the shells and bones of ancient sea creatures.
Term
disturbed
Definition
The best way to describe this sedimentary formation is ___________________.[image]
Term
trilobites
Definition
This image shows a sedimentary rock formation. Which fossils are the oldest?
[image]
Term
Sedimentary rock
Definition
____________________________ forms as layers of sediments are deposited, compacted, and cemented together.
Term
weathering
Definition
What natural process produces sediments?
Term
T
Definition
T or F
Granite is the protolith of gneiss.
Term
slate.
Definition
Shale is the protolith of
Term
quartzite
Definition
Sandstone is the protolith of ____________________.
Term
contact metamorphism
Definition
This type of metamorphism affects rock in small areas.
Term
foliation
Definition
What do you see in this rock that gives you a clue that it is metamorphic?
[image]
Term
True
Definition
T or F
With metamorphic rock, the parent could be sedimentary, igneous, or a different metamorphic rock.
Term
recrystallization
Definition
[image]
Which metamorphic process does the image above show?
Term
metamorphic
Definition
When an existing rock changes to a new rock due to heat and pressure we call it __________________________.
Term
granite
Definition
The Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial in Washington D.C. is carved from 179 blocks of what rock?
[image]
Term
mineraloid
Definition
[image]
Obsidian is not a rock, or a mineral. It is a ____________________.
Term
porous surface (holes) shows gases escaped as it cooled on the surface
Definition
What feature of pumice gives you a clue that it is an extrusive igneous rock?
[image]
Term
D. all of the above
Definition
Which of the following best describes intrusive igneous rock?
A. forms as magma cools.
B. cools slowly, so rocks have large crystals.
C.makes some of the strongest, longest lasting rock on the planet
D. all of the above
Term
False

5% is sedimentary
Definition
T or F
95% of the rock on Earth is sedimentary.
Term
geology
Definition
This is a science that explores the history of Earth and its life, especially through rocks.
Term
True
Definition
T or F
Granite and gabbro are examples of intrusive igneous rock.
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