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Rocks and Rock Cycle

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  • what are some examples of sedimentary rock?
    limestone, sandstone, coal, shale
  • what happens after sedimentary rock goes through great heat and pressure?
    we get metamorphic rock
  • What are some examples of igneous rock?
    pumice, basalt, granite
  • These rocks can be formed from parts of dead living things such as shells or skeletons
    sedimentary rock
  • What happens after a volcano erupts?
    the magma cools down and forms igneous rocks.
  • Igneous rocks are formed when __________ (pizza melts, magma or lava cools down and solidifies, my dog eats my homework and spits it out)
    when magma or lava cools down and solidifies.
  • These rocks have been exposed to great heat or pressure.
    metamorphic rock
  • What happens after the igneous rock forms?
    it becomes sediments.
  • These rocks are formed from fragments of other rocks (igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic)
    sedimentary
  • what happens after the sediments get squeezed together?
    they form sedimentary rock
  • How do we classify rocks?
    according to composition, texture, and where they appear in nature.
  • True or false: Rocks are liquid.
    False, they are solid and contain different minerals.
  • what are some examples of metamorphic rock?
    Slate, marble and gneiss