Rocks and Soil

A group of students is exploring what happens when rocks, soil, and water are combined. What safety tool should they use and what was created when the material was combined.

• graduated cylinder, mixture

• goggles, mixture

• computer, solid

• microscope, solid

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

How can a student make a sample of sand part of a mixture?

• Place the sample in a closed container and shake it.

• Add gravel to the sand sample and stir them together.

• Pour the sample into a bowl and warm it in sunlight.

• Spread out the sample of sand on a paper towel.

A scientist who studies rocks and minerals to learn more about the history of our Earth.

• Rockologist

• Cosmetologist

• Geologist

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A rock is a solid substance made of minerals.

• True

• False

Rocks are grouped by how they ____?

• Melt

• Form

• Change

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What are the 3 types of rocks?

• Sedimentary, Mantle, and Igneous.

• Igneous, Volcano, and Metamorphic.

• Sedimentary, Igneous, and Metamorphic.

• Metamorphic, Mineral, and Sedimentary.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Rocks can be changed by melting, wind and water, and ________?

• Heat and Pressure

• Farming

• Cloud Formations

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

After the material from an exploding volcano cools and hardens, the _______ rock can form.

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

A ______ is a thing that has lasted from a living thing that died long ago.

• Fossil

• Mineral

• Crust

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

This rock forms from sediments over a long period of time.

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic