The Rock Cycle and Layers of the Earth

Igneous rocks are classified in 2 ways.

• Heavy and Light

• Hot and Cold

• Sedimentary and Metamorphic

• Extrusive and Intrusive

Type of rock mostly found on the exposed surface of Earth.

• Igneous

• Granite

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

When water and other minerals move through open spaced between larger sediments, gluing them together, ____________ occurs.

• Compaction

• Deposition

• Cementation

• Erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

_________ ___________ rocks are made from the remains of once – living plants or animals.

• Igneous and metamorphic

• Clastic sedimentary

• Chemical sedimentary

• Organic sedimentary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Lava cools to form:

• sandstone

• metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

When comparing fossil A to fossil B, which is most likely correct?

• Fossil B is larger.

• Only fossil B was once an organism.

• Fossil B is older.

• Only fossil B is metamorphic.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Igneous Rock is formed after:

• Weathering

• Sediment

• Volcanic Eruption

• Magma

Limestone often contains fossils. In which category would these rocks be classified?

• sedimentary

• igneous

• granite

• metamorphic

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The layers of the Earth from the inside out are

• crust, inner core, outer core, mantle

• inner core, mantle, crust, outer core

• crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

• inner core, outer core, mantle, crust

The outermost layer of the Earth is the

• crust

• mantle

• inner core

• outer core