Rocks and Fossils Unit Review

what is the rock cycle.

• molten rock that is stored underground.

• rock material that forms where rocks are broken down into smaller pieces.

• a process that changes one type of rock into another type of rock.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Which type of rock is made by small bits of rock, mud, or sand compacted and cemented together?

• Coal
• igneous
• metamorphic
• sedimentary

Which four processes change rocks from one type of rock to another in the rock cycle?

• melting

• melting

• cooling

• mixing

• cementation

What are the three types of Rocks?

• Sedimentary, Igneous, Metamorphic
• Sedimentary, Igneous, Marble
• Sandstone, Lava, Metamorphisis
• Sediment, Lava, Heat and Pressure

An unknown sample of rock is found near the Cheasapeake Bay. It is made of pieces of shells cemented together. What type of rock is it?

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

• igneous rock

Read the following sentence and select the word pair that best completes the sentence.

The rock cycle is a _______________ process of rocks ______________ into other forms of rocks.

• rock; sediments

• never-ending; changing

• changing; process

• continuous; pressure

The process by which water, wind, ice, and changes in temperature break down rock into fragments called sediments.

• Deposition
• Erosion
• Weathering
• Igneous Rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The process by which sediment is moved from one place to another.   Can be caused by water, wind, ice, and gravity.

• Rock Cycle
• Uplift
• Deposition
• Erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

_______ rock forms from magma/lava

• Metamorphic
• Sedimentary
• Igneous

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

Cooling & crystalization produce

• igneous rocks
• metamorphic rocks
• sedimentary rocks

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-4