The Rock Cycle

Created from weathering and erosion.

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Formed by heat and pressure deep in Earth.

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

Name means from fire or heat.

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

Made of layers and may contain fossils.

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

May form from erupting volcanoes.

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

Rocks made from sediments.

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

Rocks that have been changed from another type of rock.

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

True or False: All rocks have fossils in them.

• True

• False

If a Metamorphic rock melts and cools, what type of rock will be formed?

• Igneous

• Lava

• Metorphic

• Sedimentary

In the rock cycle, how does sedimentary rock change into metamorphic rock?

• cooling

• weathering and erosion

• pressure

• heat and pressure

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1