Rocks and Minerals

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

• sedimentary
• igneous
• metamorphic
• diamond

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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

• minerals
• sedimentary
• igneous
• metamorphic

True or False:
Sedimentary rocks always form under water.

• true
• false

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

• sedimentary
• igneous
• minerals
• metamorphic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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

Which of the following is a type of rock?

• igneous
• metamorphic
• sedimentary
• All of the above

A solid material that is made up of one or more minerals.

• mineral
• rock
• fossil
• soil

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NGSS.5-PS1-3

What do we call the scientist who studies rocks?

• geologist
• rock scientist
• rockologist
• mineralogist

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

• heat
• time
• pressure
• All of the above