Earth Science Chapter 10 Test Review

The original rock used to form metamorphic rocks

Granite or gabbro

Solid material is the earths crust

Fragments of rock that fuse to form rocks

Metamorphic rock containing grains aligned in a parallel patern

Rock formed when molten rocks cool and hardens

When limestone undergoes metamorphosis it turns into

Why are rocks like granite and basalt used for outdoor statues

Rock so smooth and shiny it's called volcanic glass

What rock results from a change in heat or pressure

Agent of Metamorphosis

Type of rock most closely tied to erosion

Marble or quartzite

Deposition _______ Cementation

Meme Break

Most useful sedimentary for construction

Meme Break

According to old earth geologists all rock will eventually

Limestone or chalk

Test used to identify a rock

Breccia or Conglomerate

What rock is often used for cement

Meme Break

Rock formed from minerals precipitated from water

Rocks formed from erosion

Basalt or Andesite

Slate and gneiss

Young earth geologists think the original basement rock for continents is

Melting of sedimentary rocks in the crust only happens through

Individual rock particles, crystals, and fossils that give a rock texture