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  • True or False: Once a rock is sedimentary, it cannot become and igneous rock.
    False
  • What is magma called as it leaves the volcano and is out on the earth's surface?
    lava
  • What sedimentary rock could this be?
    sandstone
  • What type of rock is made from the processes of cementation and compaction?
    Sedimentary
  • Metamorphic rocks are formed due to change under great _____ and _____
    heat and pressure
  • What is another name for melted rock?
    Magma or molten
  • Which rock is usually formed in layers?
    Sedimentary
  • Which type of rock is formed by melting and cooling?
    Igneous
  • Which type of rock is formed by weathering and erosion?
    Sedimentary
  • What are the three categories of rocks in alphabetical order?
    Igneous, Metamorphic, and Sedimentary
  • What is the process when sediments are carried away to the bottom of a water bed?
    Erosion
  • Limestone, sandstone and shale are examples of what type of rock?
    Sedimentary
  • Gneiss, Marble and Slate are examples of what type of rock?
    Metamorphic
  • Which type of rock is know as "fire" rock?
    Igneous
  • What type of rock is formed when lava cools?
    Igneous
  • Transformation of one type of rock to another type of rock is called the ____ _____
    Rock Cycle
  • What is the process that breaks down rocks into sediments?
    weathering
  • Which of the three rocks contains fossils?
    Sedimentary
  • What type of igneous rock is pictured?
    Granite
  • How are rocks classified?
    By the way they are made/formed