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 obsidian // red sandstone // slate // granite // conglomerate // quartzite

 pumice // gypsum // marble

Igneous Rock Sedimentary Rock Metamorphic Rock


Igneous rock // Sedimentary rock // Metamorphic rock

____________________________ forms from layers of sediment that are deposited,


usually on the bottom of rivers, lakes and oceans. The layers become pressed together
and they Harden to form rock. You can layers of different colors.

________________________ forms when rock inside Earth is heated and squeezed.


Although the heat and pressure are not enough to melt the rock, they change it into a
different kind of rock.

___________________________ If melted rock cools inside Earth crust, it hardens


slowly. Then large minerals grains form. If rock cools on Earth surface, it hardens
quickly. Then, if mineral grains form, they are small.

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