Download Rocks Foldable Directions: Use your notes and Science textbook to

Rocks Foldable
Directions: Use your notes and Science textbook to complete the foldable.
Outside
IGNEOUS
Draw an example.
(refer to the characteristics
of igneous rocks)
SEDIMENTARY
Draw an example.
(refer to the characteristics
of sedimentary rocks)
METAMORPHIC
Draw an example.
(refer to the characteristics
of metamorphic rocks)
Inside (Fill in the blanks (?) with the correct answers to complete the description)
(TOP/left side)
Sedimentary rocks form
Igneous rocks form from
Metamorphic rocks form
when particles of other rocks
the cooling of ____?____,
when an existing rock is
or the remains of plants and changed by _____?______
below Earth’s surface, or
animals are _______?_____
___?____, above Earth’s
& ________?_______.
and _____?______ together.
surface.
______?________
Igneous rocks that formed
when magma hardened
beneath Earth’s surface.
Example: granite,
core of many mountain
ranges
_______?_________
Igneous rocks that formed
from the lava that erupted
onto Earth’s surface.
Example: basalt, forms
much of Earth’s crust
(BOTTOM/right side)
____?_____ sedimentary
rocks are formed when rock
fragments are squeezed
together.
Examples: shale, sandstone,
conglomerate, breccia
_____?_______sedimentary
rocks are formed when the
remains of plants and
animals are deposited in
thick layers.
Examples: coal, limestone
Chemical sedimentary rocks
form when minerals that are
dissolved in a solution
crystallize.
Examples: rock salt, gypsum
Foliated metamorphic
rocks have grains that are
arranged in parallel layers
or bands.
Non-foliated metamorphic
rocks have their grains
arranged randomly.
Examples: marble, slate