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What type of rock forms from the cooling of magma or lava?
igneous
What type of rock forms from the lithification of sediments
sedimentary
What type of rock forms from another type of rock being changed by heat and pressure?
metamorphic
What type of igneous has the largest visible mineral crystals?
intrusive
What type of igneous has little to no visible mineral crystals?
extrusive
Name a common igneous rock
granite, obsidian, pumice....
Name a common sedimentary rock
sandstone, shale, conglomerate....
Name a common metamorphic rock
gneiss, slate, marble...
The type of sedimentary rock that forms from pieces of other rock?
clastic
The type of sedimentary rock formed from once living matter
organic rock
The type of sedimentary rock that formed from the crystallization of a mineral solution?
chemical rock
A word to describe metamorphic rock in which the minerals are lined up
foliated
How any other kind of rock can become igneous
melting
How any other rock can become metamorphic
heat and pressure
How any other rock can become sedimentary
weathering and erosion, deposition, compaction, cementation
The process of rocks changing to any other type of rock over time
rock cycle
