6th Grade Earth Science, Chapter 4 Rock Cycle

How did humans use rocks in the past?

What is the largest of all intrusive igneous rock formations?

What does lava flow out of on Earth's surface?

What kind of rock is formed when magma intrudes into other rock?

What kind of sedimentary rock is made from dissolved minerals?

What kind of texture does igneous rock have when magma cools quickly?

Partially decomposed plant material forms

What forces change a sedimentary rock into a metamorphic rock?

Besides weathering & erosion, what other forces shape Earth's features?

During the rock cycle, what forms when magma cools?

Which of the following processes changes rock on Earth's surface?

What kind of rock is formed from lava that cools on Earth's surface?

What kind of texture does igneous rock have when magma cools slowly?

What is the process called in which sedimentary rocks are arranged in layers?

When sedimentary rock is exposed to heat & pressure, what does it change into?

What kind of sedimentary rock can be cemented together by calcite or quartz?

What kind of metamorphic rock has its mineral grains arranged in planes or bands?

Which of the following are ways magma is formed?

The process in which sediment is dropped & comes to rest is called

The process in which rocks change shape is called

What are strata?

What are the main categories of sedimentary rock?

Scientist classify rock by

What kind of sedimentary rock is made from fossils?

What does all igneous rock begin as?