A geologist receives a call from a friend asking for help identifying the type of rock that a large boulder is made of. Which questions could the geologist ask to help narrow down which type of rock it is?

• How big is the boulder?

• Is the rock hot or cold?

• What color or colors is it?

• What shape are the crystal or grains?

• Are the crystal or grains large enough to see

As magma cools, it forms ______ rock by the process of ____.

• metamorphic, meting

• Igneous Rocks, Melting

• Igneous Rocks, Solidification

• Sedimentary Rocks, Solidification

• Metamorphic, solidification

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Igneous rocks can form ____ rocks

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

• magma

• sediments

Sediments can come from ____ rocks.

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Minerals

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Sediments form sedimentary rocks through the processes of

• burial

• Compaction

• Cementation

• Heat and pressure

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Which process changes igneous rock into metamorphic rock?

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Which process changes sedimentary rock into igneous rock? Check all that apply

• Weathering and erosion

• Deposition

• burial and compaction

• heat and pressure

• melting

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which process changes metamorphic rock into sedimentary rock?

• Weathering

• burial

• compaction

• cementation

• melting

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Metamorphism involves the addition of _______________ and _______________ to pre-existing rocks.

• Heat and melting

• heat and pressure

• compaction and cementation

• burial and deposition

• weathering and erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Compaction & cementation of sediments forms _______________ rocks.

• Igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• minerals

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