Types of Rocks

What are the main categories of sedimentary rocks?

• intrusive and extrusive

• clastic, chemical, organic

• foliated and non-foliated

• rock cycle

The process by which wind, water, ice, gravity, etc.transports sediment from one location to another.

• deposition

• erosion

• weathering

• evaporation

Sedimentary rock is formed from_________.

• cooling of magma or lava

• melting

• compacting and cementing

• heat and pressure

Igneous rock is formed from ___________,

• cooling of magma or lava

• heat and pressure

• compacting and cementing

• weathering and erosion

The process by which sediment is laid down or dropped in a new location.

• evaporation

• weathering

• deposition

• erosion

If the magma chamber causes the marble, quartzite, or hornfels to melt and become magma, what type of rock would it become?

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

Metamorphic rock is formed from _________.

• melting

• weathering and erosion

• compacting and cementing

• heat and pressure

Metamorphic rock that has mineral grains arranged in bands are

• clastic

• foliated

• intrusive

• non-foliated

Which type of rock can be organic?

• metamorphic rocks

• igneous rocks

• sedimentary rocks

What is the process of cementation and compaction that forms sedimentary rocks?

• Metamorphism

• Lithification

• Weathering