What do we call the center of the Earth?

• Mantle
• Crust
• Apple
• Core

What is Earth's thinnest layer?

• crust
• inner core
• outer core
• mantle

What are the four layers of the Earth from inside to the outside?

• Crust, Outer core, mantle, inner core

• Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust

• crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

• Mantle, outer core, inner core, crust

Which type of rock is the cooled lava from a volcano?

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

• igneous

• magma

This person studies volcanoes and the Earth's internal heat

• Seismologist

• Meteorologist

• Volcanologist

• Geologist

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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

• deposition

• melting

• compaction

• weathering

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Geologists have classified rocks into three major groups of rocks which are:

• inorganic, organic and chemical rocks

• igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks

• metamorphic, chemical and non chemical rocks

• sedimentary, inorganic and igneous rocks

A rock that forms from many small fragments of other rocks is a(n)

• igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

• extrusive rock

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

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

• chemical rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

_______ rock forms from magma/lava

• Metamorphic
• Sedimentary
• Igneous

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-3