Rocks and Minerals 2023

What are the layers of sedimentary rocks called?

• foliations
• strata
• bands
• fossils

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

_______________ is when rock is broken down by water, wind, ice or heat.

• erosion
• weathering
• deposition
• pressure

What is molten rock called inside the earth?

• lava
• magma

____________ describes igneous rock that is dark in color because it does not have much silica.

• felsic
• mafic

How are rocks classified?

• their color
• by how they were formed
• their smell
• by where they were found

Lava that cools quickly has __________ texture.

• coarse-grained
• fine-grained
• both fine and coarse grained
• they evaporate

____________ igneous rock forms when magma cools beneath Earth's surface.

• extrusive
• intrusive
• organic
• foliated

When lava cools quickly on Earth's surface, what kind of rock is formed?

• intrusive
• extrusive
• organic
• foliated

The process of ____________ creates sediment. (hint... sediment is broken rock material)

• erosion
• weathering
• deposition
• heat

Rocks that have strata must be...

• metamorphic
• sedimentary
• igneous
• lava fragments

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4