Rock Cycle

What type of rock forms when lava/magma cools?

• Igneous rock

• Sedimentary rock

• Metamorphic rock

• Sediment

What type of rock forms when a lot of smaller rocks and the remains of plants and animals get pressed and cemented together?

• Igneous rock

• Sedimentary rock

• Metamorphic rock

• Gneiss

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Match the following rock type with how it was created

• The texture, shape, or chemical structure of a rock is changed by heat or pressure

• Magma/lava

• Any type of rock melts

• Metamorphic rock

• When erosion breaks off and carries away pieces of rock from parent material

• Sedimentary rock

• Magma/lava freezes

• Sediment

• Small pieces of rocks and organic matieral cemented and pressed together

• Igneous rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

When igneous rock undergoes a chemical change due to pressure from the Earth, what rock does it become?

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sediment

• Sedimentary

If metamorphic rock is broken apart by wind, what does it turn into?

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sediment

• Sedimentary

If sediment is deposited, cemented together, and pressed into a solid layer, what type of rock does it become?

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sediment

• Sedimentary

What are small rocks, dirt, and organic debris that were broken down by weathering and erosion and carried away from its parent material?

• Igneous rock

• Sedimentary rock

• Metamorphic rock

• Sediment

What type of rock forms when high heat and pressure changes the rock’s shape, texture, or composition?

• Igneous rock

• Sedimentary rock

• Metamorphic rock

• Gneiss

The continuous process of change in which new rocks are formed from old rock materials.

• Magma

• Rock Cycle

• Strata

• Sedimentary Rock

Each rock type can follow only one pathway of the rock cycle.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1