How did the rock form? | What are two changes the rock could undergo Sample Two observations Classification about the rock next? Igneous Metamorphic Sedimentary

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Two observations
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How did the rock form? What are two changes
about the rock
the rock could undergo
next?
Igneous
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
Transcribed Image Text:Sample Two observations Classification How did the rock form? What are two changes about the rock the rock could undergo next? Igneous Metamorphic Sedimentary
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Rocks have been divided into three categories. They are listed below,

  1. Igneous rock
  2. Metamorphic rock
  3. Sedimentary rock

These three types of rocks are convertible into one another. It meas that igneous rock may change into metamorphic or sedimentary rock and so on.

 

 

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