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Metamorphic, igneous and sedimentary
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Geologist classify rocks according to their?
They classify metamorphic rocks according to their parent rock or protolith.
What three characteristics are used to classify intrusive bodies?
size, shape, and relationship to the surrounding rock layers
What is one radioactive isotope the geologist can use to learn exact age of the rock?
Absolute dating is a radioactive isotope the geologist can use to learn the exact age of the rock.
What do you call a person who studies rock's mineral's and earth's land forms?
A person who studies rocks, minerals, and earth's landforms is called a geologist. Geologists examine the composition, structure, and processes of the Earth's surface to better understand its history and natural resources.
How are rocks classified into one of these three groups?
Rocks are classified into three groups based on how they are formed. Igneous rock is formed when magma cools and crystallizes. Sedimentary rock is formed when the products of weathering and erosion are compacted and cemented to form new rock. Metamorphic rock is formed when existing rock is changed by heat, pressure or chemical change into a new kind of rock.
How can a rock composition help geologist to classify the rock?
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Geologist classify rocks according to their?
They classify metamorphic rocks according to their parent rock or protolith.
How does a geologist know that rock layers are undisturbed.?
When a rock is disturbed, it usually contains one of the following abnormalities:SlantingBendingFoldingCrackingMetamorphismor Nonconformities.If a rock layer contains none of these, then geologists classify it as undisturbed.
How do geologist classify a rock?
Geologists classify rocks by looking at their chemical and mineralogical composition then at the the size and shape of their component minerals then at any texture, pattern or grain that the rocks may display. They also classify them in relation to how they were formed.
What do you call a rock expert?
petrologist
What is a sentence for geologist?
A geologist could tell you what kind of rock that is. I am studying to become a geologist.
How do geologist us the geologic column?
To help them interpret rock sequence .
How do geologists classify rock?
Geologists classify rocks into three groups. The first group are igneous rocks, the second are metamorphic rocks and the third are sedimentary rocks.
What are three big groups of rocks?
Igneous rock, metamorphic rock, and sedimentary rock.
What scientist studies rock and minerals and earths land forms?
A geologist.
What three things do geologist classify rocks based on?
Geologists classify rocks based on their origin (igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic), mineral composition, and texture. These three factors help geologists understand how the rock formed and the conditions it has been subjected to.
What a rock cycle?
The dynamic changes between the three main rock groups
