Rocks and Minerals

What part of the rock cycle is: Wind, moving water, and ice break rocks.

• melting

• weathering

• heat and pressure

• cementing

What part of the rock cycle is: Dissolved minerals fill in cracks between sediments.

• weathering

• melting

• heat and pressure

• cementing

What part of the rock cycle is: Sedimentary rock forms into a new rock with:

• heat and pressure

• melting

• hardening and cooling

• cementing

What part of the rock cycle is occurs right before molten rock forms due to intense heat.

• cementing

• hardening and cooling

• weathering

• melting

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What part of the rock cycle is: Molten rock forms due to intense heat.

• melting

• hardening and cooling

• cementing

• weathering

After a long period of time, a piece of limestone changed into marble. Classify the type of rock that was formed:

• metamorphic

• igneous

• sedimentary

A rock has crystals that formed when the rock cooled and hardened. Classify the type of rock that was formed:

• metamorphic

• igneous

• sedimentary

Layers of mud and clay settle and harden to form a rock. Classify the type of rock that was formed:

• metamorphic

• igneous

• sedimentary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The color of the powder of a mineral that is left behind when rubbed against a surface. Name that mineral property:

• cleavage

• color

• streak

• luster

Tested by scratching one mineral against another to determine how hard or soft it is. Name that mineral property:

• streak

• color

• hardness

• cleavage