How Rocks and Minerals Are Formed

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Read the material about rocks and work with your partner to see how many of the answers to the questions you can find.

1.     How are Igneous rocks formed?

2.     What is the difference between magma and lava?

3.     How are Sedimentary rocks formed?

4.     Igneous rocks and Sedimentary rocks can change under extreme heat and pressure.  When changed these rocks are called_______________________________rocks.

5.     _______________________________ are non-living materials found in nature that are made from one or more minerals.

6.     What is the most common mineral in the earth’s crust?

7.     What is the hardest mineral?

8.     How is sandstone formed?   This process would make it a __________________________________________________ rock.

9.     What does the weathering process do to rocks and minerals?

10. On the back of this paper, draw a Venn diagram like the one shown and complete it using the information you have found about the 3 types of rocks.