How Can Rocks Be Classified?

Bits of weathered rock

• rock cycle

• sediment

• magma

• fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

_______________ forms from sediment that is cemented together.

• Metamorphic rock

• Igneous rock

• Sedimentary rock

• A rock and roll band

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A solid in nature that is made of one or more minerals.

• river

• water vapor

• helium

• rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

A rock that is changed by heat and pressure deep inside Earth.

• sedimentary rock

• fossil

• metamorphic rock

Melted rock below the ground

• magma

• fossil

• sedimentary rock

A rock that forms when melted rock, or magma, cools and hardens.

• fossil

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

The continuous process in which one type of rock changes into another type.

• fossil

• rock cycle

• magma

• rock slide

The remains or traces of a plant or animal that lived long ago

• weathering

• spaghetti

• fossil

• metamorphic rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

How can a metamorphic rock become an igneous rock?

• If the rock passes through a rainbow it will become igneous.

• If it falls into a river it will become igneous.

• If it turns into a fossil it will become igneous.

• If a rock melts and cools it will become igneous.

Choose the one that is NOT made from rock materials.

• jewelry

• toothpaste

• paper

• cement