Classifying Rocks Vocabulary

Rock formed when particles of other rocks are deposited in layers and cemented together

• Igneous rock

• Metamorphic rock

• Sedimentary rock

• Minerals

When compacted sediments stick together and turn into rock

• Sedimentation

• Cementation

• Compaction

• Deposition

Rock particles or sediments pressed together or packs down by gravity and pressure

• Compaction

• Cementation

• Deposition

• Sedimentation

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Rock formed deep underground due to heat and pressure

• Sedimentary rock

• Metamorphic rock

• Igneous rock

• Minerals

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Rock formed when lava or magma cools, forms crystals and solidifies

• Sedimentary rock

• Metamorphic rock

• Igneous rock

• Minerals

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form from melting and cooling (crystallization) of magma, lava, or other rocks that were melted deep w/i Earth

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

Pre-existing rocks that have changed due to heat and pressure

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

Come from erosion, deposition, and cementation of sediments laid down at the bottom of bodies of water

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

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an igneous rock that forms SLOWLY beneath earth's surface, making large crystals

• intrusive

• extrusive

• pretty

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What type of rock is granite?

• A dark, dense, igneous rock found in oceanic crust

• A usually light-colored igneous rock found in continental crust

• A sedimentary rock found in riverbeds

• A metamorphic rock found in mountain ranges