The three main types, or classes, of rock are sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous and the differences among them have to do with how they are formed. Sedimentary rocks are formed from particles of sand, shells, pebbles, and other fragments of material. Together, all these particles are called sediment.

1. By: Cloyie L. Delos
Santos

2. • Is usually magma, a molten material from
deep within the earth that cools and hardens.

3. Texture
• Relates to general
appearance of an
igneous rocks.
Composition
• Refers to the elements
in the magma that
directly affect the kind

5. Types of igneous
rocks
scoria

6. When igneous rocks are exposed at the
surface, they begin to wear away.
Sandstone

7. Clastic
sedimentary rocks
Chemical
sedimentary rocks
Organic
sedimentary rocks
3 Main types of sedimentary
rocks:

8. Earth movements can cause rocks to be
pressed, bent or deeply buried under layers
of the rocks.

10. Rock
cycle
Weather
and
erosion
Heat and
pressure
Heat and
pressure
Sedimentary
rocks
Metamorphic rocks
magma
meltin
g
Compacting
and
cementing
Weather
and erosion
meltin
g
cooling
Igneous rockssediment
Weather and
erosion