Planet Earth

Which BEST describes the rock cycle?

• New rocks form from older rocks.
• Lunar rocks change into terrestrial rocks.
• Rocks in the ocean become rocks on land.
• Layers of rock are broken by faults.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

How are sedimentary rocks, such as shale and sandstone, formed?

• Particles are changed into liquids.
• Particles are compressed into layers.
• Particles are melted together by magma.
• Particles are heated by the Sun.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Which statement is true about rocks?

• Magma is made of solid rock.
• Rocks are made of one or more minerals.
• Crystals are made of rocks.
• Minerals are made of one or more rocks.

What type of rock forms from heat and pressure deep inside earth's surface?

• Sedimentary
• Metamorphic
• Igneous

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Lava is found...

• after a volcano erupts.

• on the inside of a volcano.

• both inside and outside a volcano.

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What are the 3 major types of rocks?

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

What is a break in the rock layers called?

• Earthquake
• Epicenter
• Fault
• Focus

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Mountains made of huge rocks separated from other rocks by faults are ____ mountains.

• folded
• volcanic
• fault-block
• upwarped

What is the difference between magma and lava?

• lava is magma but it is on the surface of the Earth
• lava is the chamber that magma flows
• lava is the Earth's crust

Which type of volcano spills thick lava which cools and piles up around the vent? These fragments spill down the sides of the volcano.

• Cinder COne

• Composite

• Lava Dome

• Shield