THE Rock Cycle and Earth's Layers

Sedimentary rocks often contain horizontal

layers because they are formed by which of the following?

• Heat and pressure

• Melting and Cooling

• Created from magma

• Deposition of sediment

The process by which water, wind, ice, and changes in temperature break down rock into fragments called sediments.

• Deposition
• Erosion
• Weathering
• Igneous Rock

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-5

Rock that forms when minerals form from solutions or sediment from older rocks get pressed and cemented together.

• Sedimentary Rock
• Metamorphic Rock
• Igneous Rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Rock that forms when pressure, temperature, or chemical processes change existing rock.

• Igneous Rock
• Sedimentary Rock
• Metamorphic Rock
• Rock Cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The process by which metamorphic rocks are formed...

• heat and pressure
• compaction and cementation
• melting and cooling

_______ rock forms from magma/lava

• Metamorphic
• Sedimentary
• Igneous

This rock was formed by lots of fossils that settled on top of each other over time. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Metamorphic

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which layer of Earth is in the liquid state of matter?

• Crust

• Inner Core

• Lithosphere

• Outer Core

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Which is the best description of the characteristics of the asthenosphere?

• Solid, but flowing

• Liquid, but dense

• Hot, but solid metal

• Brittle, but shifting

Which of the following best describes a change one would observe in moving from Earth’s crust downward to the outer core?

• Pressure would change from very high to none.

• Density would change from least to most dense.

• Plasticity would change from flexible to rigid.

• Heat would change from relatively hot to cool.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-4