Types of Rocks/Rock Cycle

What type of rocks can form on or beneath Earth's surface?

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Metamorphic
• Granite

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of rock is created when magma or lava cools and crystallizes?

• Metamorphic
• Sedimentary
• Igneous

Sedimentary rocks may contain fossils.

• True
• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

the dropping of sediments in layers. 

• compaction
• deposition
• erosion
• weathering

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the correct order of making and dropping off of sediments?

• weathering, erosion, deposition 
• erosion, weathering, deposition
• weathering, deposition , erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

small, solid pieces of materials from rocks or living things

• sediment
• clastic rock
• organic rock
• deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

small, solid pieces of materials from rocks or living things

• sediment
• clastic rock
• organic rock
• deposition

The process when rocks break into smaller pieces due to exposure to natural elements is called _?_.

• erosion
• weathering
• sediments

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

This rock formed when bits of other rocks became pressed into a solid. What type of rock is it?

• Sedimentary Rock
• Metamorphic Rock
• Igneous Rock

Tags

NGSS.4-ESS1-1

What are the 3 major types of rocks?

• Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
• Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation
• Brown, Red, Gray
• Streak, Hardness, Breakage

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4