Rock Cycle Interactive Assessment

Which characteristic is found in sedimentary rocks?

• Crystals

• Fossils

• Gas bubbles

• Glassy surface

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The Mount Rushmore National Monument is carved from the granite of South Dakota's Black Hills. Which type of rock is granite?

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• None of these

The interrelationship among the three rock types is identified as which of the following?

• The rock cycle

• The rock formation

• The rock helix

• The rock metamorphosis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Identify the series of geologic processes that can transform magma into granite, granite into sand, and sand into sandstone.

• Cooling; weathering and erosion; compacting and cementing

• Melting; heat and pressure; cooling

• Weathering and erosion; compacting and cementing; cooling

• Weathering and erosion; compacting and cementing; heat and pressure

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What geologic process changes pieces of rocks, minerals, and other material into sedimentary rock?

• Compacting and cementing

• Cooling

• Heat and pressure

• Meting

What geologic process can change granite (igneous rock) into gneiss (metamorphic rock)?

• Compacting and cementing

• Cooling

• Heat and pressure

• Melting

The seated sculpture of President Lincoln inside the Lincoln Memorial was carved out of white Georgia marble. What type of rock is marble?

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• None of these

Some of the rocks that spires (also known as hoodoos) of Utah's Bryce Canyon are made of are limestone and sandstone. What type of rocks are limestone and sandstone?

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• None of these

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Which of these statements is true?

• Weathering and erosion affects all rocks on the earth's surface.

• Weathering and erosion only affects sedimentary rocks on the earth's surface.

• Weathering and erosion affects all rocks under the earth's surface.

• Rocks are unaffected by weathering and erosion.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which of these statements is true?

• Rocks can only change on the earth's surface

• Rocks can change from one type to another

• Rocks can only change inside the earth

• Rocks never change

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1