Rocks & Rock Cycle

Rocks are formed by

• minerals
• other metals
• small particles
• sediments

Rocks formed by small fragments of other rocks

• sedimentary rocks
• metamorphic rocks
• igneous rocks
• fragmented rocks

Rocks made of magma which has cooled

• igneous rocks
• metamorphic rocks
• sedimentary rocks
• volcanic minerals

A rock formed by fragments of different rocks and minerals

• detrital rock
• metamorphic rock
• organic rock
• igneous rock

Magma cools down slowly deep in the Earth's crust

• plutonic rock
• volcanic rock
• metamorphic rock
• sedimentary rock

Foliated means

• with layers
• irregular shape
• organic
• inorganic

Process of changes in solid rock because high pressure and temperature

• metamorphism
• metamorphosis
• meteorization
• weathering

the 'in situ' breaking down of rocks by direct contact with the Earth's atmosphere, water, or living things

• weathering
• rock cycle
• erosion
• melt down

sandstone

• sedimentary rock
• metamorphic rock
• igneous rock

clay

• sedimentary rock
• metamorphic rock
• igneous rock