Classifying Rocks

Igneous rock forms in regions where –

• rock is heated to melting point then cooled to a solid.
• metallic minerals are put under extreme pressure.
• a river deposits sand and mud over a long time.
• evidence of organisms is becoming fossilized.

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What is the primary process that turns sediments into sedimentary rocks?

• Organisms walking on layers of sediment, pressing particles together tightly
• Minerals within sediment, absorbing water, and undergoing a chemical reaction
• Upper layers of sediment, pressing down on lower layers of deposited sediment
• Magma cooling under the surface of Earth, crystallizing to form rock

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Metamorphic rocks are different from igneous and sedimentary rocks in that metamorphic rocks form -

• when liquid rock freezes into a solid.
• by magma rising from Earth’s core.
• from existing rock that has been changed.
• by layering minerals of different sizes.

Scientists classify igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary 
rocks based on their –

• shape.
• color.
• formation.
• usefulness.

What are the three types of rocks?

• Metamorphic, Sedimentary, Mineral
• Metamorphic, Sedimentary, Igneous
• Metamorphic, Igneous, Compaction
• Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation

Geologists might recognize a metamorphic rock by distorted, wavy layers because they were caused by -

• compaction and cementation.

• melting and crystallizing.

• erosion and deposition.

• pressure and heat.

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Igneous and sedimentary rocks could each be changed into metamorphic rock if they are changed by -

• weathering.

• pressure.

• organisms.

• cementation.

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Rock formed above ground with lava

• Sedimentary Rock
• Extrusive Igneous Rock
• Intrusive Igneous Rock
• Metamorphic Rock

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Rock formed by heat and pressure underground

• Sedimentary Rock
• Extrusive Igneous Rock
• Intrusive Igneous Rock
• Metamorphic Rock

Only rock that contains fossils

• Sedimentary Rock
• Extrusive Igneous Rock
• Intrusive Igneous Rock
• Metamorphic Rock

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