Minerals and Rocks

What type of rock forms from cementation and compaction close to or on earth's surface?

• Sedimentary
• Metamorphic
• Igneous

What type of rock forms from heat and pressure deep inside earth's surface?

• Sedimentary
• Metamorphic
• Igneous

What type of rock forms from lava that has cooled at or near earth's surface?

• Sedimentary
• Metamorphic
• Igneous

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Which box is more dense?

• box B
• neither
• box A
• both have the same density

Fossils are sometimes found in which type of rock?  (Fossils can only survive this rock's process of formation.)

• intrusive igneous
• extrusive igneous
• metamorphic
• sedimentary

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

A rock formed from fragments of other rocks is a(n)

• Metamorphic Rock
• Sedimentary Rock
• Extrusive Rock
• Igneous Rock

An igneous rock containing large crystals is most likely a(n)

• Chemical Rock
• Foliated Rock
• Extrusive Rock
• Intrusive Rock

A metamorphic rock in which the grains line up in parallel bands is a

• Clastic Rock
• Nonclastic Rock
• Nonfoliated Rock
• Foliated Rock

The three groups of rocks are classified by

• How they form
• Color
• Grain size
• Chemical Composition

Identify two processes labeled in this rock cycle that change igneous rock into sediments.

• heat and/or pressure

• melting and solidification

• deposition and cementation

• weathering and erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2