Fill in the Blanks TYPES OF ROCKOnline version TYPES OF ROCK by Luz Álvarez Herrero 1 Igneous pressure Marble coal granite rock The rock is inside the Earth and when the melted rock cools down , it makes igneous rock such as and basalt . Sedimentary rock It is made of fragments of rocks , dead vegetation and animal matter wich have settled onto the Earth´s surface and formed a solid mass . Sandstone , shale and are examples . Metamorphic rocks Metamorphic means change of form . Heat and act on other rocks and change them into metamorphic rocks . and slate are examples .