 Rocks:---- Rocks ,naturally

occurring solid material

consisting of one or more
minerals. Rocks are everywhere
in the ground, forming
mountains and at the bottom of
the oceans.
TYPES OF ROCKS:
 Rocks are divided into three
main types, Based on the
ways in which they form are
as following:
 Igneous Rocks
 Sedimentary Rocks
 Metamorphic Rocks
 Igneous Rocks
Igneous rocks :
Igneous rocks
are made of
old rocks that
have melted
within the
earth to form
molten
material called
magma.
 Sedimentary Rocks
 Sedimentary rock
forms when loose
sediment, or rock
fragments,
hardens.
 Geologists place
sedimentary rocks
into three broad
categories :
 1. Clastic Rocks
 2.Chemical Rocks
 Clastic rocks :which form from
clasts,or broken fragments, of pre-
existing rocks and materials. The
most common types of clastic rocks
are sandstone and shale, also
known as mudrock.
 Chemical rocks : which form when
minerals precipitate, or solidify,
from a solution, usually seawater or
lake water. The most common type
of chemical rocks are called
evaporites because they form by
evaporation of lake water.
 Organic Rocks: Which form from
accumulations of animal and plant
remains. The most common organic
 Metamorphic Rock
 Metamorphic rock
forms when
extreme
temperatures and
pressures deep
within the earth
alter the
mineralogical or
structural aspects of
existing rock and
change it into
metamorphic rock.