what are the formation of rocks?
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If you are asking how rocks are formed, there are three main processes: 1) Igneous rocks are formed by the solidification molten magma from deep in the earth; 2) Sedimentary rocks are formed by pressure acting on sand or other small fragments under a body of water or under other rock layers; 3) Metamorphic rocks start as another type, but are changed into a different, often more complex structure or crystalline matrix by the action of pressure, heat, friction, and/or water.
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The rocks cycle describes how rocks are formed or change over time.\n\nAll rocks start as magma and cool into igneous rocks.  These are typically eroded into sediments and form sedimentary rocks with cementation and compaction.  These can then be heated and defomed so that minerals change, and these changes form metamorphic rocks.  Metamorphic rocks that are heated so much are eventually turned into magma again so the cycle continues.\n\nThis was only one path on the cycle.  Each part of the cycle is interchangable, and each rock follows its own unique path.  An igneous rock can directly become metamorphic, like in a granitic gneiss, many sedimentary rocks are cycled and recycled dozens of times (e. g. quartzite).  The possibilities are endless.
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a rock is a material that is very hard, usually found on the ground, and rocks means that you are excited or happpy about something, or that you really like the topic!
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Rock is a naturally occurring aggregate of minerals and/or mineraloids. Rocks are classified by mineral and chemical composition; the texture of the constituent particles; and also by the processes that formed them. These indicators separate rocks into igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic.\n\nMinerals are natural compounds formed through geological processes. The term "mineral" encompasses not only the material's chemical composition, but also the mineral's structure. Minerals range in composition from pure elements and simple salts to very complex silicates with thousands of known forms (organic compounds are usually excluded)
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Metamorphic rocks are already existing rocks that change under heat, pressure or in chemical reactions (usually underground). Examples are Gneiss (that froms from Granite), Slate (formed from Shale), and Quartzite (formed from Sandstone).\n\nSedimentary rocks are rocks made from sediment (haha makes sense, no?) which can be both organic (fossils!) or inorganic. They are formed into a solid rock through a variety of different forces, including erosion, deposition, compaction, and cementation. There are 3 major groups of sedimentary rocks, which are clastic (formed from the compression of rock fragments), organic rocks (Key word: ORGANIC, aka the remains of plants and animals), and chemical rocks (formed when a solution dissolves, & minerals are left behind). Examples:\nClastic: Shale, Sandstone, Conglomerate, and Breecia\nOrganic: Coal, Limestone\nChemical: Halite, Gypsum\n\nIgneous rocks are formed from magma or lava. They are classifed according to where they were formed-- extrusive rocks are formed from lava on Earth's surface, while intrusive rocks are formed from hardened magma beneath Earth's surface. Texture and mineral composition are also factors of classification. Examples include granite (which is extremely abundant), Rhyolite, Pegmatite, Porphyry, Basalt, Pumice, and Obsidian.
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Rocks don't grow, but crystals do.  However, crystals only grow when they are imersed in the medium that contains its essential elements. You should measure it over time. It would be more accurate and convincing than just by looking at it.
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It becomes rock on the surface of the ocean floor. It is eventually carried further & further away.\n\nSome older rock created by this process has already been "recycled" in the rock cycle; it became molten when it was subducted under continental plates.\n\nAn interesting fact is that as new rock is being created at the Mid Atlantic Ridge, the earth's magnetic field is being recorded right into the rocks. Any time there is a change in the direction of the earth's magnetic field it has been recorded.\n\n:)
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Weathering is the process of disintegration of rocks, soils and their minerals through natural, chemical, and biological processes. It is not to be confused with erosion, which is the movement of rocks and/or weathering products by water, wind, ice or gravity.
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Minerals are made up of combinations of elements & rocks are made up of combinations of minerals.\n\nTechnically a rock & a mineral are not the same thing.\n\nSince minerals make up rocks I guess they have that same thing in common.
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Too long to list:\nhttp://seis.natsci.csulb.edu/bperry/ROCKS.htm\ngood site
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Any rock (igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic) can become a metamorphic rock. If rocks are buried deep in the Earth at high temperatures and pressures, they form new minerals and textures all without melting. If melting occurs, magma is formed, starting the rock cycle all over again. \nGeologists can learn the following about the Earth from the study of metamorphic rocks: \n\nthe temperature and pressure conditions (metamorphic environment) in which the rock was formed \nthe composition of the parent, or original unmetamorphosed, rock. \naids in the interpretation of the platetectonic setting in which the metamorphism took place \naids in the reconstruction of the geological history of an area. \nThe term "metamorphic" means "to change form." Changes in the temperature and pressure conditions cause the minerals in the rock to become unstable so they either reorient themselves into layers (foliation) or recrystallize into larger crystals, all without undergoing melting.
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I found several good websites with ideas for lesson plans. They are below. I also included a website for you to show how rocks form in water. My first inclination was that you good gather different types of rocks, but I'm thinking that making "rock candy" would be a fun inexpensive way to show how they are formed. Same theory as how natural rocks are made. The water evaporates leaving behind the sedimentation of sugar on a string. I've included a recipe that I found online, but haven't tried it. I did make rock candy when I was younger. You maybe be able to find simpler recipes by doing a search on "making rock candy" or "rock candy recipe."  HOPE THIS HELPS!!
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Rocks tell the story of the Earth. The Earth is made of rock, from the tallest mountains to the floor of the deepest ocean. Thousands of different types of rocks and minerals have been found on Earth. Most rocks at the Earth's surface are formed from only eight elements (oxygen, silicon, aluminum, iron, magnesium, calcium, potassium, and sodium), but these elements are combined in a number of ways to make rocks that are very different.\nRocks are continually changing. Wind and water wear them down and carry bits of rock away; the tiny particles accumulate in a lake or ocean and harden into rock again. The oldest rock that has ever been found is more than 3.9 billion years old. The Earth itself is at least 4.5 billion years old, but rocks from the beginning of Earth's history have changed so much from their original form that they have become new kinds of rock. By studying how rocks form and change, scientists have built a solid understanding of the Earth we live on and its long history.
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To understand sedimentary rock layers, it is important to understand that the earth's surface is always slowly - but constantly - changing.  Mountains and other areas that are raised above the surrounding land are subject to wind, rain, and water which constantly wear them down.  The bits of sand, pebbles, and rubble that get worn down from mountains, mesas, and cliffs are pulled by gravity to the low-lying areas (valleys, lake beds, sea-shores) where they collect over time.  Over millions of years, these deposits can harden and petrify into sedimentary rock layers.  Other sedimentary rock layers (like limestone) form on ancient sea or lake beds and are the remains of the various animals and plants that lived in the water.\n\nThus when you look at the different layers of the Grand Canyon, you are looking at the petrified remains of what was once the surface of the earth (or the bottom of a sea bed) at a time the region was being covered with sedimentary material.  Different rock layers occur when changes to the environment cause one type of material to stop being deposited and new materials get deposited instead.  For example, a shallow sea may create layers of limestone.  If the sea later dries up and the now exposed sea bed gets covered over with blowing dry sand, then a layer of sandstone will be deposited on top of the limestone.  In this way, geologists can see how the surface of the earth changes at a given spot over time.\n\nAs for the specific rock layers in the Grand Canyon, here is a VERY SIMPLISTIC description of the situation and processes that produced the major rock layers (from the oldest layer at the bottom to newest at the top):\n\nVishnu Schist (bottom) - 1.7+ billion years ago the area around Grand Canyon was a series of volcanic islands surrounded by a shallow sea.  The resulting deposits of ash, sand, and mud created shales, sandstones and mudestones that were eventually compressed and distorted with time and pressure into gneiss and schist.\n\nTapeats Sandstone - There is a long period where the rocks from this area did not survive and so no record is left (the Great Unconformity).  Eventually this area became part of the edge of the still forming North American continent.  Sandy beaches in this area around 540 million years ago created this sandstone formation.\n\nBright Angel Shale - The water moved further inland, causing this area to be frequently underwater and covered with deposits of mud (which is where shale comes from).\n\nMuav Limestone - The water got deeper and the area became part of the sea-floor proper leading to limestone deposits.\n\nFollowing the Muav Limestone, the sea appears to have receded and the land was again above water.  Little is left from this period.\n\nRedwall Limestone - Around 363 million years ago, the sea moves in rapidly again and the area is once again part of a sea floor leading to limestone deposits.\n\nSupai Group and Hermit Shale - This is actually a lot of smaller layers (a mix of shales, mudstones, and limestones) created as the sea came in and went out numerous times over a period of 30 million years.\n\nCoconino Sandstone - The seas pulled back and this part of North America became part of a vast sand-dune filled desert (similar to North Africa).  The Coconino Sandstone is the petrified remains of ancient sand dunes.\n\nToroweap Formation and Kaibab Limestone (top of canyon) - The sea came back and turned the area first into shallow mud flats (Toroweap) and then drowned it completely into a sea floor (Kaibab) about 240 million years ago.\n\nOne frequent related question... how can Grand Canyon rock layers be from the bottom of a sea when the canyon rim is at 6000+ feet elevation, did the water get that high?  The answer is no... at the time that the sea floor deposits were created, this part of North America was much lower (ie: below sea level).  \n\nThe reason you can find limestone rock layers with fossil fish and clams at high elevations above current se
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Classification \nClastic \nBiogenic \nPrecipitate \n\nread and learn --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedimentary_rock#Classification
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rocks are made up of minerals
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Most igneous rock is formed deep in the earth where it is very hot.  Igneous means fire, similar to ignition which fires a spark plug in an engine.  Igneous rock may be formed at or near the surface of the earth when volcanoes erupt and lava flows.  The rock closest to the lava heats up most and becomes more igneous than rock further and further away.  There is usually a clear change in coloration of the affected rock because its crystal minerals are altered by the heat.  Lava can flow following existing cracks in rocks and partially transform the adjacent rock to igneous foorms as it cools.