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Types of rocks
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What type of rock changed through temperature and pressure without melting?
metamorphic
rock
igneous
sedimentary
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This rock is formed in mountain ranges, underneath many layers of rock, or NEAR volcanoes.
granite
rock
metamorphic rock
heat
3
What natural solid is made of one or more minerals?
rock
mineral
sedimentary
metal
4
Which sedimentary rock forms in ocean from seashells? It's made mostly of the mineral calcite
limestone
granite
coal
sandstone
5
Chalk and limestone are made up of the remains of animals. What type of rock is it?
heat
igneous
pebbles
sedimentary
6
What type of rock forms when sediment (mud, sand) piles up?
sedimentary
igneous
melted
metamorphic
7
What type of rock forms when melted rock cools and hardens?
sedimentary
magma
igneous
metamorphic
8
Sedimentary rocks form under..
under a mountain
under a tree
streams or bodies of water
volcanoes
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How are rocks classified into three types?
by crystal size
by texture
by how they form
by hardness
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This igneous rock, granite, formed underground and has large crystals. What else can we say?
it is not cool
it cooled quickly
it cooled slowly
it never cooled
