3 types of rocks

This type of rock is formed when many layers of sediment pile up and are compacted over time.

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

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_______ is hot molten rock located deep below Earth's surface

• Sediment

• Igneous rock

• Magma

• Minerals

This type of rock is formed from magma that has escaped a volcano and cooled

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

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______ is made up of many pieces of broken down rock and soil (aka dirt)

• Minerals

• Magma

• Erosion

• Sediment

This type of rock is formed by sedimentary rocks put under extreme heat and pressure

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

_____ is the process where rocks are created, changed between forms, destroyed, and formed again

• Fossilization

• Rock Cycle

• Weathering

• Erosion

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Which of these are NOT one of the three types of rocks?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Gray

• Metamorphic

"Ignis" means......

• fight

• fire

• fourth grader

• fortune

Which base word in METAMORPHIC means to change?

• morph

• meta

• phic

• tamor

Which type of rock is primarily formed from the accumulation and cementation of mineral and organic particles?

• Volcanic

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

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