Types of rocks
scoria
What is an igneous rock?
Sedimentary rock can become igneous rock by:
melting into magma, cooling, and hardening
when magma reaches Earth's surface and flows from volcanoes it is called this
What is lava?
Metamorphic rocks can be 'born' from
heat and pressure
???????These types of sedimentary rocks form when sediments are pressed together
What are detrital sedimentary rocks?
Igneous rocks can become sedimentary rock by:
weathering and eroding sediments that undergo compaction and cementation
when magma is cooled and hardens underground, this type of igneous rock forms
What is intrusive?
Mineral grains that line up in layers are what type of metamorphic rock
foliated
???????These types of sedimentary rocks form when dissolved minerals come out of a solution
What chemical sedimentary rocks?
The building block of rocks are:
minerals...
This causes a rock to have large mineral grains
What is slow cooling rate?
?????these type of metamorphic rocks do not mineral grains arranged in layers
What is sandstone?
This type of sedimentary rock forms from the remains of once living organisms:
organic
Igneous rock can become a metamorphic rock by:
heat and pressure
Extrusive igneous rocks cool _____________, causing them to have ____________ mineral grains.
What is quickly, small?
Metamorphic rocks can form from these types of rocks:
metamorphic, igneous, or sedimentary
???????These are the sediments that form detrital sedimentary rocks in order from smallest to largest
What is clay, silt, sand and gravel?
Sedimentary rock can become another type of sedimentary rock by:
weathering and eroding of sediments that get compacted and cemented together
These are the 3 types of magma igneous rock forms from
What is basaltic, andesitic, and granitic?
?????????When shale undergoes heat and pressure, it becomes this metamorphic rock.
What is slate?
??????These are the 3 ways in which sedimentary rocks are classified
What are detrital, chemical, and sedimentary?