CHAPTER 13 Key Terms
Match each of the terms on the left with its definition on the right. Click on the term first and then click on the matching definition. As you match them correctly, they will move to the bottom of the activity.
batholith cementation chemical sedimentary rock clastic sedimentary rock coal crystallization decompression melting dike evaporite exhumation extrusive igneous rock flux melting fossil fracking igneous rock intrusive igneous rock laccolith limestone lithification metamorphic rock mineral organic sedimentary rock outcrop peat pluton protolith rock rock cycle sandstone sediment sedimentary rock shale sill | Rock formed by heat and pressure applied to preexisting rock. Sedimentary rock composed mostly of organic material and derived from ancient organisms. A deposit of one or more minerals resulting from the repeated evaporation of water from a basin. A clastic sedimentary rock formed from clay. A model of the processes by which rocks form, are transformed from one type to another, and are recycled into the mantle. A naturally occurring, crystalline, solid chemical element or compound with a uniform chemical composition. A body of intrusive igneous rock hundreds of kilometers in extent and formed by the movement and fusion of numerous plutons. A brownish- A dome- The melting of hot mantle material into magma as a result of changes in pressure, which lower the melting point of the rock; occurs as mantle material rises to a shallow depth in the lithosphere. A solid mass composed of minerals or volcanic glass. An organic rock formed from the remains of terrestrial wetland forests and widely used today as a fuel source. A process in which atoms or molecules come together in an orderly patterned structure. Sedimentary rock composed of broken pieces of other rocks. A sheetlike vertical igneous rock formation. An exposed area of bedrock. The remains or the impression of an organism preserved in sedimentary rock. The formation of sedimentary rock through compaction and cementation of loose sediments. The removal of overlying rock and sediment to expose deeper rocks at the surface. A shallow, dome- Rock formed from compacted and cemented sediments. Sedimentary rock that forms as dissolved minerals are precipitated out of water. Rock that has cooled from magma below the crust’s surface. A clastic sedimentary rock composed chiefly of quartz sand grains. A chemical sedimentary rock composed mostly of calcite. (or hydraulic fracturing) The procedure by which water is pumped under high pressure into a shale formation to extract natural gas and oil. (or volcanic rock) Rock that has cooled from lava on the crust’s surface. The process by which subducted water lowers the melting point of mantle material and causes it to melt. A process in which minerals fill the spaces between loose particles and bind them together to form sedimentary rock. Rock that has cooled from magma or lava. An accumulation of small fragments of rock and organic material that is not cemented together. A horizontal sheet of igneous rock that was injected between layers of preexisting rock. The parent or original rock from which metamorphic rock was formed. |