Rock Transformations - Review

Rocks form in different ways. This causes them to be __________ types of rock.

• identical

• different

• uniform

• simple

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

________ is anything that has mass and takes up space.

• Energy

• Light

• Matter

• Sound

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Rock transformation happens very ________ and the rock is not likely to change very much over this period.

• quickly

• slowly

• erratically

• unpredictably

A __________ is one of the many different types of matter that make up rocks.

• mineral

• liquid

• gas

• organism

A region of rock that formed together as a single rock type is called a rock ____________________.

• layer

• formation

• cluster

• group

Compaction and Cementation form __________________ rock.

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• volcanic

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When magma cools it forms ________ rock.

• sedimentary

• igneous

• metamorphic

• fossilized

Compare the appearance of sedimentary rock to igneous rock.

• Sedimentary rocks are layered, igneous rocks are crystalline.

• Sedimentary rocks are crystalline, igneous rocks are layered.

• Both are crystalline.

• Both are layered.

What does the energy inside of Earth do to rocks?

• It melts them into magma.

• It freezes them.

• It turns them into sediment.

• It evaporates them.

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What does energy from the sun do to rocks?

• It causes weathering and erosion.

• It melts them into magma.

• It turns them into sediment.

• It freezes them.

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