Baylor Rocks & Minerals/Soil

A series of processes on the surface and inside the Earth that slowly change rock from one type to another is called ________.

• Heat and pressure

• The rock cycle

• Intrusive rock

• Extrusive rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The layer of igneous rock formed when lava flows over the Earth's surface and hardens is called __________________ rock.

• extrusive

• intrusive

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The molten rock, or hot liquid rock, located deep beneath the Earth's surface is called __________________ .

• extrusive rock

• sediment

• lava

• magma

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The molten rock, or hot liquid rock, located deep beneath the Earth's surface is called __________________ .

• extrusive rock

• sediment

• lava

• magma

When magma erupts from a volcano, it becomes ____________ and hardens as it cools.

• magma

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• lava

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Small solid pieces of materials that come from rocks or the remains of organisms are called ________________ .

• sediment

• deposition

• metamorphic rock

• fossils

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The heat from the center of the earth along with all the pressure pushing down forms ____________ rock.

• Intrusive

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A ___________________ is a vent, or opening, on the Earth's surface through which magma, gases, and ash erupt.

• vent

• mountain

• volcano

• rock cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock on or below the surface is called ________________________________ .

• Lava

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

• igneous

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions is called a ___________________ rock.

• metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• fraggle rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2