Unit 5 Rocks Remediation

Made from crystallization of magma

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

Made from compaction and cementation of sediment

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

Made from heat and pressure deep underground

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

Sedimentary rock made from the precipitation of minerals inside a body of water

• clastic

• organic

• chemical

Formed from "Melting and cooling liquid rock"

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

Formed from "weathering and erosion"

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• sediment

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Formed from "heat and pressure"

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• magma

Why are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks put into different categories?

• they have different masses and volumes

• that have different mineral composition

• they are made in different ways

• they have different sizes and shapes

Sedimentary rock made from minerals once dissolved in water

• clastic

• organic

• chemical

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Sedimentary rock made from pieces of other rocks compacted and cemented together

• clastic

• organic

• chemical