Rocks

A rock deep within the Earth experiences extreme temperature and pressure. After a long period of time it becomes which rock?

• Magma

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

What must happen to a metamorphic rock before it becomes a sedimentary rock?

• It must be broken down into sediment

• It must be melted into magma

• Its minerals must dissolve in water

• It must be exposed to high temperature and pressure

Formed by cooling & solidification of lava

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Extrusive Igneous

• Intrusive Igneous

Formed by cooling & solidification of magma

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Extrusive Igneous

• Intrusive Igneous

Formed by weathering & erosion

• magma

• granite

• sedimentary rock

• intrusive igneous

Has large crystals because of slow cooling

• sedimentary rock
• metamorphic rock
• intrusive igneous rock
• extrusive igneous rock

Has small or no crystals because of rapid cooling

• sedimentary
• metamorphic
• extrusive igneous
• intrusive igneous

Contains fossils.

• sedimentary rocks

• metamorphic rocks

• extrusive igneous rocks

• intrusive igneous rocks

What are the 3 major types of rocks?

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

Each rock type can follow only one pathway of the rock cycle.

• True
• False