Rock Vocabulary

A type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface of the earth

• Igneous Rock
• Metamorphic Rock
• Sedimentary Rock
• chemical Rock

A type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed together

• Igneous Rock
• Sedimentary Rock
• Metamorphic Rock
• Extrusive Rock

A type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions

• Igneous Rock
• Sedimentary Rock
• Metamorphic Rock
• Organic Rock

Igneous rock that forms from lava on Earth's surface

• Organic Rock
• Chemical Rock
• Clastic Rock
• Extrusive Rock

Igneous rock that forms when magma hardens beneath Earth's surface

• intrusive Rock
• compaction
• Chemical Rock
• Clastic Rock

The process by which sediments are pressed together under their own weight

• Cementation
• Compaction
• Deposition
• Chemical Rock

the process by which dissolved minerals crystallize and flue particles of sediment together in one mass

• Deposition
• Compaction
• Cementation
• Diffusion

Sedimentary rock that forms when rock fragments are squeezed together under high pressure

• Metamorphic
• Sedimentary Rock
• Clastic Rock
• Chemical Rock

Sedimentary Rock that forms when fragments are squeezed together under high pressure

• Clastic Rock
• Metamorphic Rock
• Igneous Rock
• Deposition

Sedimentary rock that forms where remains of organisms are deposited in thick layers

• Metamorphic Rock
• Extrusive Rock
• Organic Rock
• Clastic Rock