______________ are natural aggregates formed by grains of a single mineral or several different minerals.
rocks
The appearance of this rock is found in enormous blocks. What is this rock?
granite
What type of rock is number 1?
Igneous
What type of rock is number 2?
metamorphic
What type of igneous rock is formed inside the Earth's crust?
plutonis
What type of igneous rock is formed outside the Earth's crust?
volcanic
Give 1 example of a plutonic rock.
granite, diorite, gabbro, peridotite
Give 1 example of a volcanic rock.
rhyolite, basalt, andesite
What type of rock is formed by a process that transforms existing rocks because of temperature and pressure?
metamorphic
What are the two types of metamorphic rocks?
non-foliated and foliated
Give 1 example of a foliated rock.
slate, schist, gneiss
Give 1 example of a non-foliated rock.
Quartzite, marble, amphibolite
What type of rock is created when the sediment deposited in sedimentary basins is transformed?
sedimentary rocks
What type of sedimentary rock is this?
clastic rock
