Rock characteristics

This rock formed when bits of other rocks became pressed into a solid. What type of rock is it?

• Clastic Sedimentary Rock

• Foliated Metamorphic Rock

• Chemical Sedimentary Rock

• Non-foliated metamorphic rock

This rock was formed when lava cooled below the surfac of the Earth. What specific type of rock is it?

• Intrusive Igneous Rock

• Extrusive Igneous Rock

• Foliated Metamorphic Rock

• Clastic Sedimentary Rock

This rock formed when lava cooled very quickly on Earth's surface. What specific type of rock is it?

• Extrusive Igneous Rock-Glassy

• Intrusive Igneous Rock- Coarse Grained

• Extrusive Igneous Rock- Fine grained

• Intrusive Igneous rock- Glassy

When you are describing the sizes of the mineral grains in a rock, you are detailing the rock's _____

• Texture
• Composition
• Sedimentation
• Igneous-ness

Which of these are NOT terms used to describe igneous rocks?

• Foliated or Non-foliated

• Felsic or Mafic

• Intrusive or Extrusive

• Coarse grained, fine grained, or glassy

What process is used to form sedimentary rocks?

• Lava cools and hardens to form a rock.
• Weathering, Erosion, Deposition, Compaction, Cementation
• Extreme heat and pressure from inside the Earth turn rocks into new rocks.
• Magma trapped under the Earth's surface cools and solidifies.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which of the words below describe broken up rock?

• stalactites
• magmas
• metamorphs
• sediments

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

This rock was formed by smaller pieces of rock that settled along the bottom of a river and cemented together. What type of rock is this?

• Clastic sedimentary

• Chemical sedimentary

• Organic sedimentary

• Biochemical sedimentary

This rock was found near the mouth of a volcano. What type of rock is this?

• Intrusive Igneous, mafic

• Extrusive Igneous, mafic

• Intrusive Igneous, felsic

• Extrusive igneous, felsic

Sedimentary rock that is made of fragments of rocks cemented together by a mineral are called...

• chemical
• organic
• clastic