Rock Cycle

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What type of rock forms when minerals form from solutions or sediment from older rocks get pressed and cemented together?

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Sedimentary Rock

Front

What type of rock forms when pressure, temperature, or chemical processes change existing rock?

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Metamorphic Rock

Front

True or False: Igneous Rocks form from Sediment

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False

Front

What type of rock started as molten magma?

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Igneous Rock

Front

What is a sedimentary rock formed from the remains of swamp plants buried in water?

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Coal

Front

What is the process called that describes the continuous transformation of rocks from one type to another?

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Rock Cycle

Front

What type of rock is formed from the cooling and solidification of magma or lava?

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Igneous Rock

Front

What type of rock is formed from the accumulation and compaction of mineral and organic particles?

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Sedimentary Rock

Front

What type of rock is formed under extreme pressure and temperature conditions?

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Metamorphic Rock

Front

What is the term for rocks that are formed from fragments of other rocks?

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Clastic Rocks