Minerals and Rocks

_____________ rocks form when rock buried deep inside the Earth change through heat and pressure.

• Igneous

• Sediment

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

Rocks formed under great pressure under water but no heat are _____.

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Compaction

Molten rock material found on the Earth's surface is____.

• lava

• sedimentary

• magma

• metamorphic

What is the Rock Cycle?

• how rocks are created from dirt

• Process that forms and recycles different rocks

• the circular path the rock travels

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What is the process that helps form existing rock into metamorphic rock?

• compaction/cementation

• heat/pressure

• weathering/erosion/deposition

• melting/cooling

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What is the process that helps form existing rock into sedimentary rocks?

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• All of these

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

______ rock may contain fossils.

• metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

_______ rock will have wavy (ribbon like) layers created from intense heat and pressure

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

• igneous

This rock has cooled fast and may look glassy.

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

• igneous

_______ is the term used to describe how sediments are carried to another place.

• weathering

• cementation

• erosion

• compaction