Types of rocks - quiz

processes by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away.

• cementation

• compaction

• erosion

• deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

rock that forms from the cooling and solidification of lava at Earth's surface.

• extrusive igneous rock

• erosion

• intrusive igneous rock

• ingneous

small, solid pieces of material that comes from rocks or living things.

• deposition

• sediment

• erosion

• weathering

a type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface

• composition

• metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

The breaking down of rocks and other materials on the Earth's surface.

• sediment

• compaction

• weathering

• composition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

limestone, sandstone, shale, conglomerate, and breccia

• igneous rock samples

• metamorphic rock samples

• sedimentary rock samples

• igneous rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

a type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reaction.

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• sediment

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

the process by which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together

• deposition

• compaction

• composition

• cementation

rock formed from the cooling and solidification of magma beneath Earth's surface

• igneous rock samples

• intrusive igneous rock

• extrusive igneous rock

• igneous rock

schist, gneiss, slate, marble, anthracite, and phyllite

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock samples

• igneous rock samples

• metamorphic rock samples

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4