Rock classification quiz

the texture of a metamorphic rock in which mineral grains are aligned like the pages of a book

• foliation

• lithification

• strata

• vesicle

the remains or traces of a once-living organism that is preserved in rock

• foliation

• texture

• fossil

• lithification

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What combination of processes can transform a metamorphic rock to sediments?

• Erosion, crystallization, and melting.

• Heating, pressure, and lithification.

• Melting, crystallization, and compaction.

• Exposure, weathering, and erosion.

the series of processes that change one type of rock into another type of rock

• igneous rock

• rock cycle

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

rock that forms when molten rock cools and hardens: from volcanoes

• igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

• weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

rock that forms under the surface of the Earth from heat and pressure

• sedimentary rock

• weathering

• metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

rock that forms from the compaction and cementation of layers of sediment

• weathering

• metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

the breaking down of rocks

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• cementation

processes by which rock, sand, and soil are carried away

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• cementation

process in which sediment is dropped off in new locations.

• deposition

• erosion

• weathering

• cementation