1. How Rocks Are Formed Flashcards
(26 cards)
What is basalt?
Hard rock left by a volcano.
What is a boulder
A large, rounded rock.
What is college?
A school for higher learning.
What is the core?
The hot center of the earth.
What is to crumble?
Break into very small pieces.
What is crust?
A hard outside covering.
What is a crust?
A hard, outside covering.
What is a crystal?
An evenly shaped clear mineral.
What is to dissolve?
To break up; change into a liquid.
What is to erupt?
Burst forth, blow up.
What is feldspar?
A common mineral on the earth’s surface.
What is a geologist?
A person who studies rocks.
What is gneiss?
Metamorphic rock.
What is granite?
Hard, igneous rock.
What is igneous?
Formed by great heat and pressure.
What is lava?
Melted rock flowing from a volcano.
What is limestone?
A sedimentary rock.
What is liquid?
Something not a solid or a gas, but like water, it flows.
What is magma?
Hot, liquid rock under the earth.
What is the mantle?
The part of the earth just beneath the crust.
What is metamorphic?
Having to do with change of form.
What is a mineral?
A thing that is not a plant or an animal.
What is pressure?
To press with a lot of weight and force.
What is quartz?
A glassy mineral.
