Rock Cycle

Front

Mixture of minerals, volcanic glass, organic matter, or other material

Back

Rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Front

A model showing the processes that create and change rock.

Back

Rock Cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Front

_________ rock can be changed by heat and pressure into metamorphic rock.

Options: Large, Sedimentary, Hard, Soft

Back

Sedimentary

Front

__________ rock can be broken into fragments that may later form sedimentary rock. Options: Igneous, Hard, Soft, Small

Back

Igneous

Front

______ rock can melt and cool to form igneous rock. Options: Soft, Hard, Metamorphic, Large

Back

Metamorphic

Front

Magma that reaches the surface flows from a volcano as ____________

Back

Lava

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Front

Magma trapped below the surface forms large – grained ______________ rock when it cools.

Back

Intrusive

Front

Magma cooling at or near Earth’s surface forms small-grained __________ igneous rock. Options: Extrusive, Intrusive, Sedimentary, Metamorphic

Back

Extrusive

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Front

Igneous rocks are classified in 2 ways.

Back

Extrusive and Intrusive

Front

Volcanic glass rock (obsidian) __________ so quickly that few crystals form. Options: break, melt, cool, flow

Back

cool

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4