The rockss

Formed from layers of sand, silt, dead plants, and animal skeletons

• Igneous Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Volcanic Rock

Formed from other rocks that are changed by heat and pressure underground

• Igneous Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Volcanic Rock

Limestone is an example of which type of rocks?

• Igneous Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Volcanic Rock

Marble is an example of which type of rocks?

• Igneous Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Volcanic Rock

Type of rocks that can help understand the age of fossils.

• Igneous Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Volcanic Rock

Type of rocks that can be classified as foliated and non-foliated

• Igneous Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Volcanic Rock

A geological process in which earthen materials are worn away and transported by natural forces such as wind or water.

• Erosion

• Compaction

• Deposition

• Cementation

It is where new materials stick the grains together and dissolved minerals flow between particles.

• Erosion

• Compaction

• Deposition

• Cementation

Explains how the three rock types are related to each other, and how processes change from one type to another over time.

• Igneous Rock

• Sedimentary Rocks

• Metamorphic Rocks

• Rock Cycle

Agents of metamorphism that causes the spaces between mineral grains to close

• Heat

• Pressure

• Temperature

• Air pressure