Rocks Vocabulary

a naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals and organic material.

• Mineral

• Rock

• Compound

• Element

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the texture of a metamorphic rock in which the mineral grains are not arranged in planes or bands.

• Foliated

• Nonfoliated

• Chemical

• Extrusive

a type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together.

• Clastic

• Igenous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

formed from existing rock that has changed structure, texture, or composition.

• Chemical Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Foloiated

• Nonfoliated

Sandstone and Limestone are examples of _______ rocks.

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

What is the main difference between intrusive and extrusive igneous rocks?

• Intrusive rocks form from lava, extrusive from magma.

• Intrusive rocks form inside the Earth, extrusive on the surface.

• Intrusive rocks are sedimentary, extrusive are metamorphic.

• Intrusive rocks are older than extrusive rocks.

Which type of rock is formed by the accumulation and cementation of mineral and organic particles?

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Crystal

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Granite is an example of a _________rock

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

Which type of rock is likely to contain fossils?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Volcanic

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This is checkerboard mesa in Zion National Park. What type of rock is shown?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

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