Types of Rocks

Types of Rocks

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Crystallization forms this type of rock

• sedimentary

• igneous

• metamorphic

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Erosion, wind, and weathering form this type of rock.

• sedimentary

• igneous

• metamorphic

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As rock gets buried through tectonic movement, the pressure and heat causes these types of rocks to form.

• sedimentary

• igneous

• metamorphic

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Igneous rock is formed when

• magma cools

• erosion layers rock

• Rock composition changes do to plate burial

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What are two ways igneous rock is characterized (SELECT TWO)

• By the type of magma that made it.

• By how quickly it cooled

• By the size of the clasts

• By what mineral it came from.

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Igneous Rock that cooled slowly will have ___________ crystals embedded in it.

• larger

• smaller

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Also called Volcanic Rock

• Intrusive Igneous Rock

• Extrusive Igneous Rock

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This type of igneous rock cools SLOWLY deep underground and forms large crystals.

• Intrusive Igneous

• Extrusive Igneous

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The most common of these is Granite

• intrusive igneous

• Extrusive igneous

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What is a Pluton?

• The ninth planet

• Rocks that form underground

• Rock that forms by volcanic pyroclasts

• Rocks from meteroites

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The most common of these is BASALT?

• Intrusive igneous

• Extrusive igneous

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One directional pressure in metamorphic rock forms....

• foliated rocks

• plutons

• Basalt

• Bapepper

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Metamorphic Rock is characterized by...(PICK 2)

• What igneous or sedimentary rock it came from

• if its foliated

• crystal size

• clast size