Rocks

http://www.gly.fsu.edu/%7Esalters/GLY1000/11Seds_sedrocks/Slide1.jpg

Igneous Rocks

http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/Products/Pglossary/basalt.html

Metamorphic Rocks

Elements Minerals Rocks

http://www.historyforkids.org/scienceforkids/chemistry/atoms/pictures/oxygen.jpg

http://www.pitt.edu/%7Ecejones/GeoImages/1Minerals/1IgneousMineralz/Quartz/QuartzCrystal.jpg

http://www.geol.umd.edu/%7Ejmerck/gal04/GEOL388/images/02/granite.jpg

Elements combine to form Minerals

Minerals combine to form Rocks

The Rock CycleThe rock cycle shows the connection between all Earth materials including:

Sediments

Sedimentary Rocks

Metamorphic Rocks

Magma (and Lava)

Igneous Rock

and the processes which turn one rock material into another over time.