The Rock Cycle

What are the three main types of rock in the rock cycle ?

• Igneous Rock, Sedimentary Rock and Metamorphic Rock

• Igneous, Magma and Metamorphic

• Igneous, Lava and Metamorphic

• Igneous, Sediments and Metamorphic

What type of rock is created when lava or magma cools down?

• Igneous

• Sediemntary

• Metamorphic

• Sandstone

What type of rock is created when sediments are compacted together?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Granite

What type of rock is created through heat and pressure?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Granite

What is lava called when it is underground?

• Igneous

• Magma

• Metamorphic

• Sandstone

What is magma called when it is above the ground?

• Igneous

• Lava

• Metamorphic

• Sandstone

What is an example of weathering ?

• Ice, wind and rain breaking down rock.

• Magma

• Volcanoes

• Sandstone

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What breaks down igneous rock into sediments

• Weathering and erosion

• Magma

• Volcanoes

• Sandstone

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

When lava cools down it forms what type of rock ?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sandstone

Which of the follow is NOT a type of rock ?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Canyon