Geology: Rock Cycles

-solid mass of mineral grains that have grown

or been cemented together over time

-categorized by geologists

• rocks

• stone

• boulder

• gravel

Rock cycle has a beginning and an end.

There are three rock types.

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The three rock types

(all lower case. answer format: nameofrock, nameofrock, nameofrock)

Rocks can be formed by being erupted from volcanoes or compacted from sand. Igneous rocks are formed by the compaction and cementing together of sediments. These rocks can be formed from erosion and weathering of other rocks

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Igneous rock are composed of crystals or is glassy. It is also formed from magma

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Igneous rocks can also be made a couple of different ways: Intrusive and Extrusive

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Type of igneous rocks that are formed inside of the earth.

• Intrusive/plutonic

• Semintrusive

• Extrusive/volcanic

• Sediment

Type of Igneous rocks that are formed outside or on top of Earth’s crust.

• Intrusive/plutonic

• Semintrusive

• Extrusive/volcanic

• Sediment

formed by the compaction and cementing together of sediments. These rocks can be formed from erosion and weathering of other rocks

• Igneous rocks

• Sedimentary rocks

• Metamorphic rocks

• Volcanic rocks

Three types of sedimentary rocks

(answer in lower case. answer format: rocktype, rocktype, rocktype)