Rocks and Minerals

What is a good title for this diagram?

• Different Kinds of Rocks

• Deposition of Sediment

• How Metamorphic Rock Forms

• The Rock Cycle

Which letter shows weathering?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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

A _______ is a solid, naturally formed substance that always has the same composition.

• rock

• carbon

• mineral

• water

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

One example of a sedmentary rock is ____________.

• pumice

• obsidian

• sandstone

• marble

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Which mineral property is described by the Mohs Scale?

• fluorescence

• hardness

• luster

• cleavage

Which process must occur for sedimentary rock to form?

• metamorphism

• oxidization

• heating

• compaction

Rocks are classified based mainly on their

• mineral content.

• grain size.

• method of formation.

• texture and shape.

When shale rock is exposed to heat and pressure deep under Earth's surface for thousands of years, it forms into slate. What type of rock is slate?

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

• extrusive