Earth Science Chapter 4 Review Rocks

What do igneous rocks from from?

The three major types of rock are

Stacked rocks are a form of ______ rocks.

Which of the following is an example of a detrital sedimentary rock?

Sedimentary rocks are divided into two groups by their

Which rock has large mineral grains?

Pumice, obsidian, and scoria are kinds of _____.

When mineral grains line up in parallel layers.

Marble and sandstone are example of

Sedimentary rocks form when sediments are pressed and cemented together, or from solutions.

This occurs when minerals are deposited between pieces of sediment.

Most fluids that transform rocks during metamorphic processes are hot and made of water and CO.

What sedimentary rock is made of large, angular pieces of sediments?

A ____ is a made up of minerals, rock fragments, volcanic glass, and organic material.

A model used to show how rocks slowly change over time.

Metamorphic rocks can from from

Rocks that form from magma and cool slowly with large mineral grains.

Matter is neither created or formed, but are changed into other forms.

Hot molten rock that reaches the Earth's surface and flows from a volcano.

Rocks that have changed because of changes in temperature, pressue or hot, watery fluids.

This type of igneous rocks are dense, dark-colored rocks.

Which of these is an organic sedimentary rock?

Rocks are mixtures of more than one mineral or other natural material.

Rocks that form from lava and cools quickly and have fine grained minerals.

Why does magma tend to rise toward the Earth's surface?

This type of igneous rock is light-colored have a lower density.

This type of rocks forms when hot magma cools and hardens.

Gneiss and slate are examples of ______.

Quart is a mineral; granite is _______.

These type of rocks have mineral grains, but they don't form layers.