Rocks

The sedimentary rock that forms when rock fragments are squeezed and glued together.

• organic

• clastic

• chemical

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

A particle of a mineral or a rock that gives a rock its texture.

• molecule

• element

• clast

• grain

Type of igneous rock that forms from lava.

• intrusive

• extrusive

Sedimentary rock that forms when the remains of plants and animals are deposited in layers.

• clastic

• chemical

• organic

Igneous rock that forms from magma.

• intrusive

• extrusive

This igneous rock texture forms when magma cools slowly deep inside the Earth.

• porphyritic

• large grains

• small grains

• glassy

Chemical sedimentary rocks form when solutions

• acclimate

• condensate

• candidate

• evaporate

A description of a metamorphic rock with minerals that look like stripes.

• nonfoliated

• organic

• clastic

• banding

Metamorphic rocks can form from ____ rocks.

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic

Lava that cools extremely rapidly and produces a rock with NO grains has a ____ texture.

• glassy

• large-grained

• small-grained

• porphyritic