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Earth Science - Rocks and The Rock Cycle

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Earth Science - Rocks and The Rock Cycle

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Rocks and

The Rock
Cycle
3 Main Rock Types
3 Main Rock Types
Igneous
Igneous
IGNEOUS---Extrusive
Little or NO Crystals!
IGNEOUS---Extrusive
Little or NO Crystals!
IGNEOUS---Extrusive
Little or NO Crystals!
IGNEOUS---Extrusive
Little or NO Crystals!
Igneous
IGNEOUS---Intrusive
Large Interlocking Crystals!!!
IGNEOUS---Intrusive
Large Interlocking Crystals!
IGNEOUS---Intrusive
Large Interlocking Crystals!
IGNEOUS---Intrusive
Large Interlocking Crystals!
3 Main Rock Types
How to make a clastic
sedimentary rock
Sedimentary
3 Main Rock Types
Metamorphic rocks form from
HEAT&PRESSURE
Contact Metamorphism
Deep underground, zones of metamorphism form around the hot magma
of batholiths.
L.Gardiner/Windows Original
Regional Metamorphism
Tectonic forces smash continents together. The rocks get heated and
become semi-molten. The added pressure causes the mineral to
separate into bands and sometime to even flow before cooling again!
Common Metamorphic Rocks
Parent Rock Metamorphic Rock
Granite Gneiss

Shale Slate

Sandstone Quartzite
The Rock Cycle

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