Slide 1METAMORPHIC ROCKS Slide 2 CLASSIFICATION OF ROCKS Slide 3 Classification of Rocks zRocks are aggregates of minerals. Geologists divide rocks into three groups: igneous,…
Slide 1SEDIMENTARY ROCKS Slide 2 Classification of Rocks Slide 3 4 Rocks are aggregates of minerals. Geologists divide rocks into three groups: igneous, metamorphic, and…
Slide 1P1 - The Earth in the Universe Slide 2 Big Bang 14 thousand million years ago Theory was proposed by the Catholic Priest George Lemaitre Slide 3 The solar system was…
Slide 1Liz LaRosa http://www.middleschoolscience.com 2010http://www.middleschoolscience.com Images from Geology.com unless otherwise noted Slide 2 A rock is a naturally occurring…
Slide 1Earths interior layers. The major layers of the Earth consist of the crust, mantle, outer core and inner core. Slide 2 INNER CORE The core is composed mainly of iron…
Slide 1 Slide 2 WEATHERING AND EROSION Slide 3 Rock Cycle Slide 4 Slide 5 WEATHERING I. Weathering - The breakdown of rock due to exposure to the atmosphere, weather, plants,…
Slide 1Chapter 8: Rocks and Minerals Section 2: Rocks Section 3: Rock Cycle Slide 2 1. A rock is composed of two or more minerals. There are many different kinds of rock…
Slide 1Rocks and the Rock Cycle Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic varieties Slide 2 Where do all rocks come from? All rocks basically come from magma (molten rock from…