Rocks that rock...in a cycle

Rocks can turn into any other rocks?

• True

• False

What are the four characteristics used to classify rocks?

• Formation, mineral composition, erosion

• Formation, mineral composition, texture, color

• Streak, mineral composition, color, texture

• Formation, mineral composition, texture, erosion

How are metamorphic rocks formed?

• Heating and cooling

• Deposition

• Heating and pressure

• Materials gathering and pressing together

How are igneous rocks formed?

• Sediment forming together

• Heating and pressure

• Cooling

• Deposition

How are sedimentary rocks formed?

• Heating and pressure

• Sediment forming together

• Weathering

• Cooling

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What geologic process can change granite (igneous rock) into gneiss (metamorphic rock)?

• Compacting and cementing
• Cooling 
• Heat and pressure
• Melting

The Mount Rushmore National Monument is carved from the granite (formed from magma underground) of South Dakota's Black Hills. What type of rock is granite?

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• None of the above

Identify the series of geologic processes that can transform magma into granite (igneous rock), granite into sand (sediment), and sand into sandstone (sedimentary rock).

• Cooling; weathering and erosion; compacting and cementing

• Melting; heat and pressure; cooling

• Weathering and erosion; compacting and cementing;

• Weathering and erosion; compacting and cementing; heat and pressure

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

As magma and lava cools and crystallizes, what type of rock will form?

• Sedimentary
• Metamorphic
• Igneous

• Basalt

What type of rock can turn into a metamorphic rock?

• Igneous only
• Sedimentary only
• Metamorphic only
• Any type of rock