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ROCK
FORMATION
Jeopardy
Rocks
Layering that
occurs in
sedimentary rock
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What is
stratification?
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The weathering
and wearing
away of rock
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What is
erosion?
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Metamorphic comes
from -meta and morphos meaning . .
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What is
“changed
shape”?
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Which of these can change into a
metamorphic rock?
A. Igneous
 B. Sedimentary
 C. Metamorphic
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What is
sedimentary,
igneous and
metamorphic?
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You would most likely
find fossils, the remains
or traces of plant and
animals, in this type of
rock.
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What is
sedimentary
rock?
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Place the steps in the sedimentary rock cycle in the
correct order:
Erosion
Compaction and cementation
Weathering
Deposition
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What is:
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
Compaction and Cementation
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A type of rock that forms
under high temperature
and pressure but is not
exposed to enough heat to
melt.
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What is
metamorphic
rock?
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Earth’s scientists classify
the three main types of
rock into smaller groups
according to . . .
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What is
composition
and texture?
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If magma cools very slowly
an igneous rock will have a
__________ grained
texture.
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What is coarsegrained texture?
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This/These rock(s)
can weather away
and form sediment.
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What are
sedimentary,
metamorphic and
igneous rocks?
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Fine-grained, mediumgrained and coarsegrained are descriptions
of a rock’s . . .
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What is
texture?
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Most fossils come
from animals that
lived in the . . .
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What is the
ocean?
Strata are
found in this type
of rock:
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What is
sedimentary?
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A solid mixture of
crystals of one or
more minerals.
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What is a
rock?
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Hot liquid that forms
when rock partially
or completely melts.
What is
magma?
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______ metamorphic
rock texture consists of
parallel alignment of
mineral grains.
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What is foliated
metamorphic
rock?
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This type of
metamorphism
occurs next to
magma.
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What is contact
metamorphism.
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This type of metamorphism
usually occurs underneath
continental rock formation
and over large areas.
What is regional
metamorphism?
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Granite is a coarse-grained
and generally contains lightcolored minerals. This is an
example of _________
igneous rock.
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What is a felsic
igneous rock?
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Dark-colored igneous
rock generally has a
_____________
composition.
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What is a
mafic
composition?
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Final Jeopardy
Final Jeopardy
Explain why
knowledge of the
rock cycle is
important to
geologists?
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