Types of Rock and Rock Cycle

This rock was formed when heat and pressure changed its minerals around into new minerals. What type of rock is it?

• Metamorphic Rock
• Igneous Rock
• Sedimentary Rock
• Boring Rock

This rock was formed when molten rock cooled into a solid. What type of rock is it?

• Igneous Rock
• Metamorphic Rock
• Sedimentary Rock

This rock formed when bits of other rocks became pressed into a solid. What type of rock is it?

• Sedimentary Rock
• Metamorphic Rock
• Igneous Rock

When you are describing the sizes of the mineral grains in a rock, you are detailing the rock's _____

• Texture
• Composition
• Sedimentation
• Igneous-ness

What are the 3 major types of rocks?

• Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
• Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation
• Brown, Red, Gray
• Streak, Hardness, Breakage

The process where one type of rock can change into another type of rock is known as ____

• The rock cycle
• Sedimentation
• Igneous
• Composition

The process by which water, wind, ice, and changes in temperature break down rock into fragments called sediments.

• Deposition
• Erosion
• Weathering
• Igneous Rock

This rock started as molten magma. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Metamorphic

What is a rock?

• Rock that forms when melted, or molten rock from deep below Earth's surface cools and hardens.
• A solid material made up of one or more minerals.
• Rock that forms when existing rocks are changed by heat, pressure, or chemicals beneath the Earth's surface.

This type of rock is usually formed in layers.

• Igneous
• Sedimentary
• Metamorphic