The Three Basic Rock Types Are

question 158

Multiple Choice

The three basic rock types are

• A) conglomerates, clastics, and evaporative.
• B) intrusive, extrusive, and plutonic.
• C) laterite, schist, and basalt.
• D) sedimentary, metamorphic, and igeneous.

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