Minerals and Rocks

What are the layers of sedimentary rocks called?

• foliated bands

• strata

• crystallization

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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

• weathering

• erosion

• foliation

• compaction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is molten rock called inside the earth?

• magma

• lava

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

• intrusive

• felsic

• mafic

• extrusive

How are rocks classified?

• by their texture

• by their mineral composition

• by how they were formed

Lava that cools quickly has ________ texture.

• course

• large

• mafic

• fine

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

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

• organic

• extrusive

• intrusive

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

• organic sedimentary

• extrusive igneous

• intrusive igneous

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

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

Rocks that have strata must be...

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4