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Three Types
of rock
• Igneous
• Metamorphic
• Sedimentary
Igneous Rocks?
Sedimentary Rocks?
Metamorphic Rocks?
A: The Rock
Cycle!!!
The process of rocks changing from
one type of rock to another
Main Concept: Any rock type can be
changed
into any of the other two and back again
through the Rock Cycle depending on
conditions
Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
The type of igneous rock depends on how fast it cooled!
Igneous
Rocks
5. Compaction &
Cementation
Igneous rock
Sediments worn away
gather here!
© Beadle, 2009
How to get Sedimentary Rocks:
Cementation
(eventually pieces get
stuck together and
becomes a rock)
Erosion
(pieces fall down to
bottom of cliff)
Deposition
(smaller pieces are spread out
across area)
Rivers can do a lot
of this on their own:
Deposition is taking
place when the river
meets the ocean
Now all that is left are salty rocks that form a dry lake bed
A: Underwater!
• Heat,
Pressure
• Extrusive
(Volcanic
Eruptions)
• Deposition &
Cementation
• Melting
• Intrusive
(Cooling &
Crystallization)
• Weathering &
Erosion