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Types of Rocks and the Rock Cycle

Authored by Eydie Tyer

Science

6th Grade

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Types of Rocks and the Rock Cycle
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the series of processes that slowly change Earth's rocks from one kind to another?

Volcanic cycle

Weathering cycle

Rock cycle

Water cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Plate movements can form what substance that is the source of igneous rocks?

sediment

pressure

silt

magma

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What kind of rock is formed by heat and pressure beneath the earth?

shale

metamorphic rock

minerals

igneous rock

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What process in the rock cycle changes a metamorphic rock into magma?

deposition

melting

pressure

cementation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What process allows sediment to pile up on the ocean floor?

deposition

erosion

water erosion

wind erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The process that breaks down granite into sediment is called deposition

True

False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

There are many pathways by which rocks move through the rock cycle.

True

False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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