ROCKS AND MINERALS

3 TYPES OF ROCKS:

SEDIMENTARY

METAMORPHIC

IGNEOUS

obsidian black stone made up of stone&water

Earth is a big rock

SEDIMENTARY:
formed from natural forces (wind, heat, cold, glaciers)
made up of pieces of rock, pressure formed

METAMORPHIC
- starts out as igneous/sedimentary
- heat and pressure that changes this rock

Earth is made up of crust,
mantle, outer core, inner core

some minerals
are called geodes

rocks and minerals
are all around us
(batteries, sidewalk, countertop, food)

IGNEOUS:
formed from magma, then lava, then cooled