This rock started as molten magma. What type of rock is this?

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

Any rock that forms from another rock as a result of changes in heat or pressure is a?

• Metamorphic rock

• Chemical rock

• Igneous rock

• Sedimentary rock

Geologist have classified rock into three major groups of rocks which are

• Sedimentary, inorganic and igneous rocks

• Inorganic, organic, and chemical rocks

• Metamorphic, chemical and non chemical rocks

• Igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks

Which is the process that breaks up rock on Earth's surface?

• Weathering

• Melting

• Deposition

• Compaction

What kind of igneous rock usually contains large crystals?

• Clastic

• Organic

• Intrusive

• Extrusive

If heat and pressure inside Earth cause the texture and crystal structure of a rock to change, what new material is formed?

• Chemical rock

• Metamorphic rock

• Sedimentary rock

• Igneous rock

A substance that flows and whose shape can change, but not its volume is a

• Liquid

• Matter

• Solid

• Volume

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

You find a deposit of organic limestone. In what type of rock setting did it probably form?

• A volcano

• Sand dunes

• The ocean

• A swamp

What are the three major types of rocks>

• Magma, lava. crystals

• Igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary

• Metamorphic, igneous, cementation

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

• Metamorphic rock

• Sedimentary rock

• Igneous rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1