Games Earth Science

Sedimentary rock can be classified into two major groups: clastic and chemical. From which of these do chemical sedimentary rocks most likely originate?

• Lakes and oceans rich in dissolved elements

• Chemically pure water carrying silt and sand

• Sand blowing and being deposited in a desert environment

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The rock cycle is a system with inputs and outputs. Which of these is an OUTPUT of a rock cycle process?

• Erosion of igneous rock

• Melting of metamorphic rock

• Newly formed metamorphic rock

• Heat that melts igneous rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The rock cycle is a system with inputs and outputs. Which of these is a rock cycle process?

• Heat meting an existing igneous rock

• Erosion of a metamorphic rock

• Newly formed sedimentary rock

• Sediment formed from weathering

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A student will use this scale to determine hardness of a mineral unknown to her. She finds that the mineral can scratch topaz but not corundum. Which conclusions can she make about this mineral? Choose all correct answers.

• This mineral is likely a diamond

• The surface of this mineral displays little cleavage

• This mineral has a moderate resistance to breakage

• The bonds between the atoms in this mineral are strong

• This mineral is relatively harder than most other minerals

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What is the process that causes hot materials within Earth to move toward the surface?

• rotation

• convection

• continental drift

• magnetic reversal

Which of these are a qualities of a

mineral?

• organic, with characteristic physical

  properties

• inorganic, with characteristic physical

  properties

• organic, with characteristic chemical

  properties

• inorganic, with characteristic chemical

  properties

What is the term for how light is reflected

from a mineral’s surface?

• luster

• streak

• cleavage

• refraction

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What process changes sediments into rock

due to burial, compaction, and cementation?

• Eruption

• Lithification

• metamorphism

• melting and cooling

Which of these accurately describes an undesired product from the use of fossil fuels for energy?

• At the present rate, we will run out of fossil

  fuels in about 250 years.

• Burning fossil fuels releases large amounts

  of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

• Fossil fuels account for 69 percent of the

  electricity generated in the United States.

• All of the these

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A scientist is modeling the movement of

water through the atmosphere. Which is an

input into this system?

• rain or snow falling from a cloud

• water evaporating from the ocean

• water vapor rising higher in the sky

• rain droplets condensing from water vapor

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4