Rock Cycle

Front

Fossils are found in ____________ rocks.

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sedimentary

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Front

The three groups of rocks are classified by _____________.

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How they form

Front

True or False: Once a rock is sedimentary, it cannot become an igneous rock.

Back

False

Front

Which type of rock is made by small bits of rock, mud, or sand compacted and cemented together?

Back

sedimentary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Front

Which type of rock is made from a rock being changed by heat and pressure?

Back

metamorphic

Front

What is the process called when rocks are broken down into smaller pieces?

Back

Weathering

Front

What is the process called when sediments are pressed together to form sedimentary rock?

Back

Compaction

Front

What type of rock forms from cooled magma or lava?

Back

igneous

Front

What is the term for the cycle that describes the transformation of rocks from one type to another?

Back

Rock Cycle

Front

What type of rock is formed from the alteration of existing rock due to heat and pressure?

Back

metamorphic