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Rocks & Minerals

Authored by Elyse Lyons

Science

5th - 9th Grade

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Rocks & Minerals
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

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What type of rock forms from cementation and compaction close to or on earth's surface?

Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Igneous

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

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What type of rock forms from heat and pressure deep inside earth's surface?

Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Igneous

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

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What is the geological process by which rocks are formed, destroyed, or altered?

continental drift
plate tectonics
water cycle
rock cycle

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

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What type of rock forms from lava that has cooled at or near earth's surface?

Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Igneous

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

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Fossils are sometimes found in which type of rock?  (Fossils can only survive this rock's process of formation.)

intrusive igneous
extrusive igneous
metamorphic
sedimentary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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Which BEST describes the rock cycle?

New rocks form from older rocks.
Lunar rocks change into terrestrial rocks.
Rocks in the ocean become rocks on land.
Layers of rock are broken by faults.

7.

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How are sedimentary rocks, such as shale and sandstone, formed?

Particles are changed into liquids.
Particles are compressed into layers.
Particles are melted together by magma.
Particles are heated by the Sun.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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