Minerals & Rock Cycle Review

Heat and pressure creates what type of rock?

• Extrusive Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Intrusive Igneous

• Sedimentary

The small particles of rock created by weathering is called....

Intrusive Igneous rocks have _______ crystals.

• small

• large

• dark

• light

The smooth texture of extrusive igneous rocks is referred to as...

• Coarse-Grained

• Sediment

• Magma

• Fine-Grained

"_______" refers to metamorphic rocks that have layers.

• Foliated

• Intrusive

• Clastic

• Organic

Which processes create igneous rocks?

• Melting & Cooling

• Weathering & Erosion

• Compaction & Cementation

• Heat & Pressure

Fossils are found in what type of rock?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Minerals

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which type of rock does NOT ever have layers?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

A rock is formed from compaction and cementation. It's then buried deep in the earth and transforms from heat and pressure. Finally it melts into magma, explodes out of a volcano as lava, and cools on the surface. Which type of rock was it LAST?

• Sedimentary

• Extrusive Igneous

• Intrusive Igneous

• Metamorphic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which of these is NOT a characteristic of a mineral?

• Color

• Solid

• Definite Chemical Composition

• Naturally Occuring