Rock Cycle & Classes of Rocks
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- Q1Magma that cools below the Earth's surface forms _____ rockextrusive metamorphicintrusive metamorphicintrusive igneousextrusive igneous30s
- Q2Sedimentary rocks are usually classified as ______clastic, chemical, or organicfoliated or nonfoliatedintrusive or extrusivebasaltic, granitic, or andesitic30s
- Q3Igneous rocks from from _____ when it coolssedimentsonly lavamagma and lavaonly magma30s
- Q4Foliated rocks are distinguished by ______air holeslayerslarge mineral grainslack of layers30s
- Q5All of the following conditions in Earth can cause metamorphic rocks to form EXCEPT ____heatexposure to airpressurethe presence of hot, watery fluids30s
- Q6A classification of metamorphic rocks would include whether they are ______.foliated or nonfoliatedbasaltic or graniticintrusive or extrusivechemical or organic30s
- Q7Sedimentary Rocks are ______formed when loose materials become pressed and cemented together or when minerals form from a solutionformed because of changes in temperature and pressureformed from magmaa type of foliated igneous rock30s
- Q8Clastic rocks are _____formed from magmamade from broken fragments of other rocksdeposited from a solutionmade from heat and pressure30s
- Q9A rock is always _____either igneous or sedimentarya mixture of minerals, organic matter, volcanic glass, or other materialsmade of molten materialdeposited from a solution30s
- Q10The crystals that form in slowly cooled magma produce ____ mineral grainscoarsefine-grainedinvisibletiny30s
- Q11A clastic rock is named according to _____its agethe color of its sedimentsits locationthe shape and size of its sediments30s
- Q12When lava cools at the Earth's surface, _____ igneous rocks are formedintrusivemetamorphicextrusivecoarse-grained30s
- Q13Metamorphic rocks with a nonfoliated texture show metamorphic changes that involve _____minerals arranging into layersmineral grains meltingmineral grains flattening under pressuregrowth in mineral grains30s
- Q14Sedimentary rocks formed from the remains of once-living things are _____chemicalorganicmetamorphicclastic30s
- Q15An igneous rock that has holes in it indicated that when it formed it contained ______silicagasesironhot fluids30s