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_____ are any natural, inorganic material made up of minerals.

Rocks

Some rocks are made of a single substance. They are called ______ rocks.

Monomineralic

_____ rocks are formed from cooled magma. Magma is molten rocky material below the Earth’s surface.

Igneous rocks

_______ rocks are formed by the accumulation and compaction of sediment, for example, clay, sand or rock fragments.

Sedimentary rocks

______ rocks are formed from other rocks by the effects of heat and pressure. Forces inside the Earth cause a “parent rock” to change into another type of rock, without melting.

Metamorphic

______ rocks are made up of fragments of other rocks that are stuck together

Detrital

_____ ______rocks are made of mineral crystals from oceans, lakes and groundwater that have dissolved in water.

Chemical sedimentary

_____ _____ rocks are made of plant and animal remains which have been transformed into minerals

Organic sedimentary

______ is fomed by small grains of sand and its properties are grains break off if scratched.

Sandstone