Rocks and Minerals

What are the 3 major types of rocks?

• Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
• Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation
• Brown, Red, Gray
• Streak, Hardness, Breakage

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

This rock was formed by smaller pieces of rock that settled at the bottom of a lake millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Metamorphic

1. What will happen if an igneous rock is put under an extreme amount of heat and pressure?

• it will melt into lava
• it will weather and erode
• it will become a metamorphic rock
• it will become a sedimentary 

A never ending process by which rocks are changed from one type to another.  

• weathering and erosion
• rock cycle
• heat and pressure
• pressing and cementing

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Which of the following would be a clue that a rock is sedimentary?

• It has gas bubbles throughout.

• It has small particles stuck together.

• It is very hard.

• All of the above.

Which of the following would be a clue that a rock is metamorphic?

• It has a complete fossil in it.

• It has gas bubbles.

• It is very soft.

• It has ribbon-like layers, or bands.

Coquina is a rock made of small pieces of broken shells. Ocean waves break seashells into smaller pieces. Over time, these pieces are moved and deposited. When they stick together, they form coquina. Coquina is most likely _____.

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

Quartzite is a rock that can form at the boundaries of tectonic plates. Over time, sandstone buried at the boundary is folded and changed by pressure and heat. The sandstone becomes quartzite. Quartzite is most likely a(n) ______ rock.

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

This rock was another type of rock that was heated and compressed over time. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Metamorphic

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

This rock started as molten magma. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Metamorphic