Rock Cycle

The ______________ is the process that makes and recycles rocks. It's the name of the rocks and the processes that form them.

• Water cycle

• Krebb’s cycle

• Rock cycle

• Citric acid cycle

Which of the following is NOT one of the three major classes of rock?

• Igneous

• Jutsu

• Metamorphic

• Sedimenatary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What type of rock is formed when lava is cooled and hardened?

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Magma

Identify the series of geologic processes that can transform sediment into shale, shale into slate, and slate into magma.

• Cooling; melting; heat and pressure

• Compacting and cementing; heat and pressure; melting

• Melting; heat and pressure; cooling

• Weathering and erosion; compacting and cementing; cooling

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Which characteristic is found in sedimentary rocks?

• Crystals

• Fossils

• Gas bubbles

• Glassy surface

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which characteristic is common to metamorphic rocks?

• Fossils

• Gas bubbles

• Glassy surface

• Ribbon-like layers

What geologic process changes pieces of rocks, minerals, and other material into sedimentary rock?

• Compacting and cementing

• Cooling

• Heat and pressure

• melting

What geologic process can change granite (igneous rock) into gneiss (metamorphic rock)?

• Compacting and cementing

• Cooling

• Heat and pressure

• Melting

Identify the series of geologic processes that can transform magma into granite, granite into sand, and sand into sandstone.

• Cooling; weathering and erosion, compacting and cementing

• Melting; heat and pressure; cooling

• Weathering and erosion; compacting and cementing; cooling

• Weathering and erosion; compacting and cementing; heating and pressure

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Which characteristic is common to extrusive igneous rocks?

• Sediment

• Fossils

• Glassy surface

• Ribbon-like layers