Rocks and the Rock Cycle

What are the three basic types of rocks?

A mixture of minerals, glass or organic matter

to make sediment from igneous rock requires...

Then transform sediment into sedimentary rock requires

Changing sedimentary rock into metamorphic rock requires

to make a magma first before igneous rock requires...

To transform magma into igneous rock requires

The two major categories of igneous rocks are...

The two main categories of sedimentary rocks are...

The two major categories of metamorphic rocks are...

The process in which different minerals in rock melt at different temperatures

The crystallization and removal of different minerals from the cooling magma is called

magma or igneous rock rich in magnesium (Mg) and iron (Fe) and generally dark

magma or igneous rock rich in feldspars and silica and generally light

an igneous rock formed at the Earth’s surface

an igneous rock formed beneath Earth’s surface

What are the 4 locations where igneous rocks are formed?

What are the two types of sedimentary rocks?

What are the two kinds of Non-clastic rocks?

a sedimentary rock that forms when minerals precipitate from a solution or settle from a suspension

sedimentary rock that forms from the remains of plants or animals

sedimentary rock that forms when fragments of preexisting rocks are compacted or cemented together

Clastic rocks are classified by...

The primary factors controlling metamorphism

unequal pressure from different directions

Metamorphic Rock Texture in which minerals are arranged in layers or bands

Foliation becomes more distinct with