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Review for test ch 3 Rocks 1) Generally, a rock is made up of ____. 2) To describe a rock’s texture, geologists determine ___. 3) Rock that cools very quickly when it forms may have a texture that is ___. 4) When all the grains in a rock are large and easy to see, the rock is described as ___. 5) Rock that forms from the cooling of magma below the surface or lava at the surface is called ____. 6) Where does most metamorphic rock form? 7) Igneous rock that formed from lava that erupted onto Earth’s surface is called ___. 8) The most abundant intrusive rock is ___. 9) The texture of an igneous rack that has large crystals scattered on a background of much smaller crystals is ___. 10) The process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind carrying it is ____. 11) The process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together is ___. 12) The sedimentary rock formed when water deposits tiny particles of clay in very thin, flat layers is called ___. 13) A sedimentary rock formed when rock fragments are squeezed together is called ____. 14) Chalk formed from sediment s made of skeletons of microscopic living things in the ocean must be ___ 15) A ring-shaped coral island found far from land is called ____. 16) What happens to a coral reef if the sea level rises or if the sea floor sinks?____. 17) Coral is really a form of the organic rock ___. 18) Because movements in Earth’s crust have raised ancient sea floors above sea level, ___. 19) Heat and pressure deep beneath Earth’s surface can change any rock into ____. 20) The heat that changes a rock into metamorphic rock comes from ____. 21) Geologists classify metamorphic rock according to ___. 22) The texture of a metamorphic rock that has grains arranged in parallel layers is described as ___. 23) Metamorphic rocks that are nonfoliated ___. 24) A series of procersses on Earth’s surface and interior that slowly changes rocks from one kind to another is called ___. 25) Which of the following is NOT one of the possible stages in the rock cycle? 26) What step in the rock cycle would be required to change granite into sandstone? 27) For Stone Mountain in Georgia, the rock cycle began when ___. 28) In the rock cycle, what type or types of rock can change to form sedimentary rock? 29) During the rock cycle, forces inside Earth can push rock down toward the heat of the mantle, producing ___. 30) A sedimentary rock made up of rounded fragments of other rocks is called ___.