Rock Cycle

What are the 3 main types of rocks?

• metamorphic, sedimentary, lava
• metamorphic, igneous, sedimentary
• metamorphic, magma, sedimentary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What type of rock is formed due to pressure and heat within the earth?

• igneous
• sedimentary
• metamorphic

What type of rock is formed when magma from a volcano cools and hardens on the earth's surface?

• sedimentary
• metamorphic
• igneous
• lava

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Which type of rock is formed when smaller parts of older rocks become cemented together?

• igneous
• sedimentary
• pebbles
• metamorphic

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NGSS.4-ESS1-1

Rocks are classified by how:

• they look
• are formed
• they feel

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NGSS.4-ESS1-1

The earth's outer layer is formed mostly of this type of rock.

• igneous
• metamorphic
• sediments
• sedimentary

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NGSS.4-ESS1-1

What is the molten rock that rises and explodes from within a volcano?

• igneous rocks
• sediments
• magma
• steam

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The ___________   _______________ is the process of one type of rock transforming into a different type of rock.

• Weathering
• Erosion
• The Rock Cycle

Fossils are often found in ____________ because it is formed from the remains of once living things.

• metamorphic
• magma
• igneous
• sedimentary

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NGSS.4-ESS1-1

NGSS.3-LS4-1

How do fossils form?

• An organisms is rapidly buried. The sediments and minerals replace the tissues.

• An organism is buried slowly. Only bones can become fossils