ESS 3.2-3.4 Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks

What produces sediments?

What type of rock forms when dissolved minerals precipitate from water solutions?

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Which represents the correct order of the processes responsible for forming sedimentary rocks?

Which agent of metamorphism can cause the overall composition of the rock to change?

What rock-forming process occurs when hot magma forces its way into rock?

Describes the proportion of light and dark minerals in the rock

Large-scale folding of rock during the process of mountain building is a characteristic of

What is the process that squeezes sediments?

Which type of rock is formed when lava cools and hardens ON Earth's surface?

What is the name of rocks that are made of weathered bits of rocks and minerals?

What does metamorphism mean?

What type of rock that does NOT exhibit a banded or layered appearance?

Lava that cools quickly that ions do not have time to arrange themselves into crystals will be

A rock that forms when magma hardens beneath Earth's surface

Limestone is an example of

Which involves the removal of rock by water, wind, ice or gravity?

Which one makes up much of the ocean floor and contains dark silicate minerals?

What does the latin word ignis mean?

What does the latin word sedimentum mean?

A metamorphic rock can be classified according to its

describes the appearance of an igneous rock based on its size, shape, & arrangement of crystals

Most metamorphic processes take place

Which makes up much of the continental crust and is composed mostly of light-colored silicates?

A foliated metamorphic rock forms when crystals

What takes place when dissolved minerals are deposited in the tiny spaces among the sediments?

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