All About Rocks

What type of rock is created when magma or lava cools and crystallizes?

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

Wind and water have eroded this rock to show the layers of sediment that were laid down millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What are the 3 major types of rocks?

• Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary

• Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation

• Brown, Red, Gray

• Streak, Hardness, Breakage

This rock was another type of rock that was heated and compressed over time. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

Weathering is usually caused by

• ice

• water

• wind

• all of these

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The process of breaking rock into sediment is called 

• erosion

• friction

• velocity

• weathering

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

In a canyon, these layers are the oldest layers.

• the top layers

• the bottom layers

• the middle layers

• the darkest layers

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Fossils can usually be found in 

• igneous rocks

• metamorphic rocks

• sedimentary rocks

• diamonds

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What Erosion is?

• The process which breaks down rocks into smaller

  pieces.

• Process by which weathered and eroded material is

  deposited by wind, water, or ice

• The process where broken down materials are moved from

  one area to another.

• I'm not sure

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Mountains are created when....

• Two continental plates collide

• Two oceanic plates pull apart

• An Oceanic plate subducts under a Continental Plate

• Two continental plates pull apart

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3