Rocks and Minerals

Rock that forms when minerals form from solutions or sediment from older rocks get pressed and cemented together.

• Sedimentary Rock
• Metamorphic Rock
• Igneous Rock

Rock that forms when pressure, temperature, or chemical processes change existing rock.

• Igneous Rock
• Sedimentary Rock
• Metamorphic Rock
• Rock Cycle

The process by which metamorphic rocks are formed...

• heat and pressure
• compaction and cementation
• melting and cooling

The process by which igneous rocks are formed...

• heat and pressure
• melting and cooling
• compaction and cementation

The name rock is given when it is broken down into smaller pieces.

• texture
• weathering
• sediment
• erosion

What two processes make sediment?

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Weathering & Erosion

_______ rock forms from magma/lava

• Metamorphic
• Sedimentary
• Igneous

The process by which sediment is moved from one place to another.   Can be caused by water, wind, ice, and gravity.

• Rock Cycle
• Uplift
• Deposition
• Erosion

This rock was formed by lots of fossils that settled on top of each other over time. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Metamorphic

This rock cooled on the outside of a volcano and contained air bubbles when it was forming. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Metamorphic