Question

Match each of the following statements to the correct rock type. Question 20 options: Form from cooling magma or lava. Form when molten rock cools. Form from heat and pressure that does not melt the rock. Form from existing rock or organisms. Form through the processes of weathering, erosion, deposition, burial, and lithification. Form when rocks are squeezed and changed into a new rock type under the earth's surface, such as during continental-continental convergence.

Answer 1

- Form from cooling magma or lava: Igneous rocks.

- Form when molten rock cools: Igneous rocks.

- Form from heat and pressure that does not melt the rock: Metamorphic rocks.

- Form from existing rock or organisms: Sedimentary rocks.

- Form through the processes of weathering, erosion, deposition, burial, and lithification: Sedimentary rocks.

- Form when rocks are squeezed and changed into a new rock type under the earth's surface, such as during continental-continental convergence: Metamorphic rocks.