Rocks KS3

What are the 3 major types of rocks?

• Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
• Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation
• magma, lava, crystals

What is the MAIN way rocks are classified?

• Their color and shapes
• How they form
• Mineral bands
• Where they form

The process by which metamorphic rocks are formed...

• heat and pressure
• erosion and deposition
• melting and cooling

The process by which igneous rocks are formed...

• heat and pressure
• melting and cooling
• erosion and deposition

Rock that forms sediment from older rocks get pressed and cemented together.

• Sedimentary Rock
• Metamorphic Rock
• Igneous Rock

The name rock is given when it is broken down into smaller pieces.

• texture
• weathering
• sediment
• erosion

This rock was another type of rock that was heated and compressed over time. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Metamorphic

This rock started as molten magma. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Metamorphic

This rock was formed by smaller pieces of rock that settled at the bottom of a lake millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Metamorphic

True or False: Once a rock is sedimentary, it cannot become an igneous rock.

• True
• False