Rock Cycle and Types of Rocks

How did humans use rocks in the past?

• To throw at each other

• To make tools and weapons

• To build hotels

• To sit on

A rock exists at the surface of the Earth. What would be the next step in the rock cycle?

• cementation

• compaction

• weathering & erosion

• heat and pressure

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

How are sediments turned into Sedimentary Rocks?

• heat and pressure

• compaction and cementation

• weathering and erosion

• Contact metamorphism

Scientist classify rocks by

• Texture and composition

• color, size and shape

• shape and texture

• composition

For a rock to turn into magma, what has to change?

• color

• composition

• texture

• size

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What process brings rocks to the Earth’s surface, where they can erode?

• rock cycle

• erosion

• weathering

• uplift

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Where is extrusive igneous rock cooled?

• in volcano

• surface

• underground

During the rock cycle, _______ rock is formed when magma cools.

• Sedimentary Rocks

• Igneous Rock

• Metamorphic Rocks

When magma cools quickly, the rock will have a _______-grained texture.

• coarse

• fine

When intrusive igneous rock cools it will have _______-grained texture.

• Fine

• Coarse