1. Unit 3 Lesson 4 How Can Rocks Be Classified?
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2. Unit 3 Lesson 4 How Can Rocks Be Classified?
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SC.4.E.6.1 Identify the three categories of rocks: igneous (formed from molten rock); sedimentary (pieces of other rocks and fossilized organisms); and metamorphic (formed from heat and pressure).
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3. Unit 3 Lesson 4 How Can Rocks Be Classified?
Igneous Rock
Rock is a natural solid that is made of one or more minerals.
Rocks are classified by how they form.
There are three main groups of rock: igneous rock, sedimentary rock, and metamorphic rock.
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4. Unit 3 Lesson 4 How Can Rocks Be Classified?
Igneous Rock
Igneous rock forms when melted rock, or magma, cools and hardens.
Magma can cool at different rates.
The way the magma cools determines what kind of igneous rock forms.
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5. Unit 3 Lesson 4 How Can Rocks Be Classified?
Igneous Rock
An igneous rock that cools slowly deep underground has large crystals.
An igneous rock that cools faster has smaller crystals.
An igneous rock that cools very quickly does not have crystals.
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6. Unit 3 Lesson 4 How Can Rocks Be Classified?
Sedimentary Rock
Rocks that form from sediments that are squeezed and cemented together are called sedimentary rock.
Sometimes traces of dead plants and animals called fossils are found in sedimentary rock.
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7. Sedimentary Rock Describe how the sediment changes into rock.
Unit 3 Lesson 4 How Can Rocks Be Classified?
Sedimentary Rock
Describe how the sediment changes into rock.
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8. Unit 3 Lesson 4 How Can Rocks Be Classified?
Metamorphic Rock
A rock that is changed by heat and pressure deep inside Earth is called a metamorphic rock.
Heat and pressure can change the way a rock looks and may even cause a rock’s minerals to change into other minerals.
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9. Useful Rocks Metals are used to make cars, silverware, and jewelry.
Unit 3 Lesson 4 How Can Rocks Be Classified?
Useful Rocks
Metals are used to make cars, silverware, and jewelry.
Obsidian was used by people long ago to make tools. Today it is used to make surgery tools.
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10. Unit 3 Lesson 4 How Can Rocks Be Classified?
Useful Rocks
Many old buildings and monuments are made of limestone. Today it is used in many homes and office buildings.
Many building materials, such as cement, concrete, and drywall, are made from rocks.
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11. Unit 3 Lesson 4 How Can Rocks Be Classified?
Useful Rocks
Toothpaste is made from several minerals extracted from rocks.
Many statues and monuments are made of marble.
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12. Unit 3 Lesson 4 How Can Rocks Be Classified?
The Rock Cycle
The continuous process in which one type of rock changes into another type is known as the rock cycle.
Any kind of rock can become any other kind of rock.
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