Chapter 6 Lesson 2 Types of Rocks and Rock Cycle

What type of rock would you most likely find a fossil inside of?

• sedimentary

• igneous

• metamorphic

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What type of rock is formed when magma and lava cools and hardens?

• minerals
• sedimentary
• igneous
• metamorphic

Emily was looking at a rock and saw tiny crystals.  Emily should know that all rocks are made up of _____.

• diamonds
• minerals
• fossils
• dirt

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What type of rock is formed when an existing rock has been changed into a new rock?

• sedimentary
• igneous
• minerals
• metamorphic

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What type of rock forms when sand, particles of rock, bits of soil, and remains of once-living things are cemented?

• igneous
• sedimentary
• minerals
• metamorphic

What type of rocks would I most likely see at the top of a volcano?

• igneous
• metamorphic
• sedimentary
• minerals

Metamorphic rocks are existing rocks that have been changed into new rocks by _____.

• heat
• time
• pressure
• All of the above

The continuous series of change that rocks undergo is known as the _____.

• rock cycle
• water cycle
• hibernation
• metamorphisis

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

A rock sample has been changed by heat and pressure. Which type of rock is it? 

• sedimentary rock
• igneous rock
• metamorphic rock
• mineral

Sandstone, shale, limestone and conglomerate are common rocks in Utah. They form colorful rock formations and canyons. What type of rock are they?

• sedimentary rock
• igneous rock
• metamorphic rock
• mineral