Types of Rocks

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• How do igneous rocks form?
• What are some common characteristics of sedimentary rocks?
• How can sedimentary rocks become metamorphic rocks?
• What are some examples of igneous rocks?
• How can igneous rocks become metamorphic rocks?
• How can igneous rocks be identified?
• How do metamorphic rocks become foliated?
• How are igenous rocks formed and what are some examples?
• How are sedimentary rocks formed and what are some examples?
• What types of rocks contain fossils?
• What types of rocks can become sedimentary rocks?
• What types of rocks are formed by weathering?
• How are the three types of rocks(sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic) formed?
• How are different types of rock impacted by weathering?
• What types of rocks are made in volcanoes?
• What are the parts of the rock cycle? How does the rock cycle work?
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• What is a silicate tetrahedron?
• What is the most dense rock on earth?
• How can a refractometer be used to identify gemstones?
• Does every rock go through the complete rock cycle, from igneous rock to sedimentary rock to metamorphic rock and back to igneous rock, each time around?
• In the rock cycle, how can an igneous rock can become a sedimentary rock, then a metamorphic rock, and then an igneous rock again?
• How does the rock cycle affect humans?
• What type of rock best preserves fossils?
• What are detrital rocks?
• What are the similarities and differences between rocks and minerals?
• What type of rock is formed by volcanic activity?
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• What is the name of the main chemical substance in limestone?
• Is the rock cycle on Earth a closed system?
• What is a rock?
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• Are all rocks inorganic?
• What rocks are a mix of rounded pebbles and sand?
• What are the three types of rock?
• What are pumice rocks?