Minerals/Rocks

Which BEST describes the rock cycle?

• New rocks form from older rocks.
• Lunar rocks change into terrestrial rocks.
• Rocks in the ocean become rocks on land.
• Layers of rock are broken by faults.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

How are sedimentary rocks, such as shale and sandstone, formed?

• Particles are changed into liquids.
• Particles are compressed into layers.
• Particles are melted together by magma.
• Particles are heated by the Sun.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

One condition necessary to produce diamonds is

• low temperatures
• quick cooling
• intense pressure
• high altitude

Which of these substances is a mineral?

• sandstone
• granite
• quartz
• coal

Which processes change magma into igneous rock?

• weathering and erosion
• heat and pressure
• compaction and cementation
• cooling and crystallization

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which statement is true about rocks?

• Magma is made of solid rock.
• Rocks are made of one or more minerals.
• Crystals are made of rocks.
• Minerals are made of one or more rocks.

Minerals are made of one or more

• minerals.
• sediments.
• elements.
• rocks.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Coal is formed from

• plant remains decomposed under pressure.
• melted and cooled metamorphic rock.
• natural gas subjected to heat.
• seas that have evaporated.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What type of rock forms from heat and pressure deep inside earth's surface?

• Sedimentary
• Metamorphic
• Igneous

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What type of rock forms from lava that has cooled at or near earth's surface?

• Sedimentary
• Metamorphic
• Igneous

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2