Rockin’ Jeopardy

Sedimentary Igneous Metamorphic Rock Name 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500

The five steps of sedimentary What are weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, and cementation? The five steps of sedimentary rock formation. Row 1, Col 1

Igneous rocks are formed by… What is melting of rock into magma and cooling of rock until it is solid? Igneous rocks are formed by… 1,2

Metamorphic rock forms by this. What is heat and pressure over time? Metamorphic rock forms by this. 1,3

Coarse grained, intrusive igneous What is granite? Coarse grained, intrusive igneous 1,4

Layers in sedimentary rock What are strata? Layers in sedimentary rock 2,1

What is fine-grained? The type of crystals in extrusive rock. 2,2

General kind of metamorphic rock formed from direct contact What is contact metamorphism? General kind of metamorphic rock formed from direct contact with magma. 2,3

Fine-grained, glassy, igneous. What is obsidian? Fine-grained, glassy, igneous. 2,4

Sedimentary rock that contains rock pieces held together What is clastic? Sedimentary rock that contains rock pieces held together by minerals. 3,1

cools slowly with coarse What is intrusive ? Igneous rock that cools slowly with coarse grained crystals. 3,2

rock formed under enormous pressure or rock from the What is regional metamorphism? Metamorphic rock formed under enormous pressure or rock from the boundaries of tectonic plates. 3,3

Coarse grained, sedimentary made up of various sizes What is conglomerate? Coarse grained, sedimentary made up of various sizes of rounded pebbles bonded by minerals. 3,4

animal and plant remains. What are organic sedimentary rocks? Sedimentary rocks formed from animal and plant remains. 4,1

The action that caused the rocks in the background of the What is weathering? The action that caused the rocks in the background of the slide to have a rounded shape. 4,2

What is foliated metamorphic rock? rock with minerals lined up in layers. 4,3

Vesicular igneous rock. What is scoria? Vesicular igneous rock. 4,4

rocks formed from solutions of minerals in water that What are chemical sedimentary rocks? Type of sedimentary rocks formed from solutions of minerals in water that grow crystals. 5,1

Light colored igneous rock likely containing feldspar or What is felsic? Light colored igneous rock likely containing feldspar or other less dense minerals. 5,2

General class of metamorphic rock where the minerals What is non-foliated? General class of metamorphic rock where the minerals are not aligned in layers. 5,3

Sandstone after metamorphosis. What is quartzite? Sandstone after metamorphosis. 5,4