Rocks and the Rock Cycle

Which of the following is true of sediment?

Sedimentary rock can change into which type of rock through changing temperatures and pressure?

What is the change in rock composition due to changes in temp and pressure over a large area?

Which type of rock is formed when magma cools and hardens?

Which type of rock is formed when sediment is compressed?

What type of rock is made when water evaporates leaving ions behind?

Metamorphic rock can change into which type of rock through erosion and cementation?

What is the process where sediment is glued together?

What terms are used to describe the classification of metamorphic rocks?

T/F The rock cycle is geologic forces that cause rocks to change from one type to another.

What forms when mud dries and shrinks?

Which type of rock is formed when existing rock is changed into another?

Where are rocks most common to break between?

Igneous rock can change into which type of rock through changing temperatures and pressure?

Which of the following is not a clastic sedimentary rock classification?

Which of the following is not a type of fine-grained igneous rock?

Igneous rock can change into which type of rock through erosion and cementation?

Which of the following is not a major rock type?

What are intrusive formations that spread over 100 km² when exposed?

T/F Natural sorting results in smaller sediment being on bottom and larger sediment on top.

When sediments are naturally sorted in beds, what is the result?

Metamorphic rock can change into which type of rock through melting and cooling?

What are stocks most similar to?

T/F Magma is melted rock.

What is the change in rock composition when in direct contact with magma?

T/F Intrusive igneous rocks form from the cooling and hardening of magma above Earth's crust.

Extrusive means what?

What is the process where sediment is squeezed with little pore space?

Which of the following is not a composition of igneous rocks?

What is the process by which heat, pressure, or chemical processes change rock forms?

What are all rocks made of?

T/F Minerals melt at different temperatures within a rock.

What type of rock is coal?

What is the main difference between stratification and cross-beds?

T/F Angularity occurs through the collision of sediments as they are being transported.

Sedimentary rock can change into which type of rock through melting and cooling?

Which of the following is not a characteristic of sills?

T/F Lava plateaus are made of many lava flows.