Rock Cycle

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Which type of rock was MOST LIKELY formed by the Tennessee River over the last 100 million years? Options: Igneous, Sedimentary, Mountainous, Metamorphic

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Sedimentary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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Which kind of rock is produced by deposition, compaction, and cementation?

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Sedimentary

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__________________rock forms when rock particles get pressed and cemented together.

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Sedimentary

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What happens only because of erosion and NOT because of weathering?

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Rocks are moved from one place to another.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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Which best describes one way igneous rocks form?

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Metamorphic rocks are melted, then cooled.

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How does an igneous rock form?

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Cooling of magma

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Terms that best describe igneous rocks: light and easily broken, soft and smooth, hard and dense, soft dense

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hard and dense

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What happens in the rock cycle?

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As sedimentary rocks are buried deep below other rocks, they are changed by heat and pressure, eventually return to the surface, and are weathered again.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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Which area is most likely to form metamorphic rocks such as gneiss and schist?

• a sea floor
• a windblown desert
• a site deep underground
• a site covered by a glacier

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a site deep underground

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Which best describes one way igneous rocks form?

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Metamorphic rocks are melted, then cooled.