3rd Nine Weeks 6th Grade Exam

This rock formed when bits of other rocks became pressed into a solid through as process called compaction. What type of rock is it?

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Igneous Rock

This rock was formed when molten rock cooled into a solid. What type of rock is it?

• Igneous Rock
• Metamorphic Rock
• Sedimentary Rock

What are the 3 major types of rocks?

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

This rock was formed when heat and pressure changed its minerals around into new minerals. What type of rock is it?

• Metamorphic Rock
• Igneous Rock
• Sedimentary Rock
• Boring Rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The process where one type of rock can change into another type of rock is known as ____

• The rock cycle
• Sedimentation
• Igneous
• Composition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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

• stalactites
• magmas
• metamorphs
• sediments

Tectonic plates are made up of continental crust and ________ crust.

• continental
• oceanic
• plates
• mantle

What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth's layers?

• crust, outer core, inner core, mantle
• mantle, outer core, inner core, crust
• crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
• outer core, inner core, crust, mantle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The lithosphere combines what two layers?

• Athenosphere & Crust
• Crust & Upper Mantel
• Mantel & Athenosphere

Heat transfer within a fluid takes place by...

• convection currents
• radiation
• conduction
• density

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4