Rock Formations

Rock Formations

7th Grade

15 Qs

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Assessment

Quiz

Science

7th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS2-1, MS-ESS2-2, MS-ESS2-3

+3

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

True or false: sediments heat and compact to form a sedimentary rock.

True

False

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Magma goes through cooling and crystallization and becomes a igneous rock.

False

True

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

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What types of rocks will be formed when molten lava cools and hardens?

sedimentary

metamorphic

shale

igneous

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

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Complete the Rock Cycle When magma cools, what kind of rock is formed?

metamorphic rock

igneous rock

sedimentary rock

fossils

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

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On the island of Hawaii, Kelly notices that the sand on the beach is black, the same color as the rock formations on the island. Kelly realizes the sand used to be part of the rock formations. What most likely caused material from the rock formations to turn into sand?

Rays from the sun broke them into pieces.

If anything were left out for a long time, it would break into small pieces on its own.

The sand was formed by earthquakes, tsunamis, and other natural disasters. These disasters were strong enough to break the rock into small pieces.

Wind and rain interacted with the rock, breaking it into small pieces.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

6.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

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On vacation at a lake, Christina sees an interesting-looking rock formation. Christina just learned about rocks in science class and tells her friend that the formation is made of a type of metamorphic rock. How did this metamorphic rock form?

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

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A geologist who studies rock formations from the 65 million years ago when dinosaurs roamed. A recent study compares rocks from rock formations in two different locations. Rock A formed from small pieces of rock. Rock B formed from liquid rock in a different place. Rocks A and B formed at about the same time. Are Rocks A and B the same or different types of rock? The rocks are

Different types because they formed in different places.

Different types because they formed in different ways

The same type because they formed at the same time.

The same type because they both formed from rock material.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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