Types of Rocks

Fossils are mostly found in

• Sedimentary rocks

• Metamorphic rocks

• Igneous Rocks

• none of the rocks listed

Which of the words below describe mud, sand, and tiny bits of rocks that cement together to form a type of rock?

• layers

• magmas

• sections

• sediments

The three groups of rocks are classified by

• How they form

• Their color

• The size of their particles

• How much they weigh

Extreme Heat and Pressure creates a _________ rock.

• Igneous
• Metamorphic
• Sedimentary
• Mineral

The remains of living things that died long ago are often found in what type of rock?

• igneous rocks
• sedimentary rock
• metamorphic rock
• all rocks

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The cooled and hardened magma from volcanoes form what rocks?

• igneous
• sedimentary
• metamorphic 
• fossils

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Rocks come in many different characteristics like...

• color
• shape
• texture
• all of these

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

A person who studies the properties of rocks to tell how the rocks may have been formed are ____________.

• mineralists
• geologists
• rock stars
• rockologists

What are the 3 major types of rocks?

• Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
• Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation
• Brown, Red, Gray
• Streak, Hardness, Breakage

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

A never ending process by which rocks are changed from one type to another.  

• weathering and erosion
• rock cycle
• heat and pressure
• pressing and cementing

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1