Rock Quiz

How does a metamorphic rock form?

• Extreme heat and pressure

• Melting into Magma

• Extreme heat only

• compacted rock pieces

In order for a sedimentary rock to turn into an igneous rock it would need to...

• Be weathered into sediment

• Melt and then crystallize

• Experience heat and pressure

• compact and cement

In the rock cycle the first step for any rock to become a SEDIMENTARY rock is...

• Compaction

• Cementation

• Weathering

• Melting

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

A rock made of bits of rocks and/or organic material is called...

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Granite

A naturally formed solid made in the earth's crust containing one or more minerals is called a

• Rock

• mineral

• organic matter

• Fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

An existing rock that undergoes extreme heat and pressure will change into what type of rock?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Obsidian

A rock with grains that are organized in parallel bands can be called...

• Intrusive Igneous

• Extrusive Igneous

• Pumice

• Foliated Metamorphic

True or False! Sedimentary Rocks often contain fossils

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A rock formed from only rock fragments is called what?

• Clastic Sedimentary

• Organic Sedimentary

• Intrusive Igneous

• Foliated Metamorphic

Rocks that form from deposited layers or plant and animal remains are called what?

• Intrusive Igneous

• Chemical Sedimentary

• Clastic Sedimentary

• Organic Sedimentary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3