This Quiz ROCKS!- Rocks Practice Quiz

Broken pieces of rock often transported by wind or water is known as

• weathering

• sediments

• magma

• fossils

The word used to describe an object that does not come from living things is __________.

• organic

• fossils

• inorganic

• magma

When melted rock is on the surface of the Earth it is known as __________.

• sediments

• fossils

• magma

• lava

Rocks that cool quickly will have little or no ______________.

• fossils

• crystals

• sediments

• weathering

___________ rocks form from particles of other rocks cemented together.

*You can reference your ESRT to help you!

• clastic

• chemical

• organic

Coal and limestone are both ___________ sedimentary rocks because they came from the remains of living things.

*You can reference the ESRT to help you

• organic

• inorganic

• fossils

• magma

___________ sedimentary rocks form when dissolved minerals precipitate or evaporate from the water and harden into a rock.

• clastic

• chemical

• organic

The group of rocks that will most likely contain fossils are the _______________ rocks.

• sedimentary

• igneous

• metamorphic

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____________ rocks are formed through the process of heat and pressure changing the rock into a new rock.

• sedimentary

• igneous

• metamorphic

The picture shows a model of the rock cycle.

During which part of the rock cycle does water

break rocks apart?

• Part 1

• Part 2

• Part 3

• Part 4

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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