Critical Juncture Review

The ability to make things move or change is called ______________.

• energy
• erosion
• power
• matter

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

The movement of sediment from one place to another, often caused by wind or flowing water is called

• energy
• erosion
• power
• matter

Tags

NGSS.4-ESS2-1

What type of rock is formed when magma cools and becomes solid?

• igneous
• metamorphic
• sedimentary
• candy

What is the hot liquid rock below the surface of the Earth called?

• magma
• matter
• energy
• mineral

What are small pieces of rock?

• sample
• sediment
• subduction
• slices

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What rock type is formed when sediment is pressed and glued together?

• igneous
• metamorphic
• sedimentary
• candy

The process of rock breaking down into smaller pieces due to wind or moving water is called ______________.

• weathering
• erosion
• compaction
• cementation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Energy from Earth's interior creates

• Magma

• Sediment

• Weather

• Compaction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Any rock can be weathered

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Georgina is a rock collector. She is looking at some information about two of the rocks she has collected on her travels. The information is as follows:

• Rock A formed from small pieces of rock.
• Rock B formed from liquid rock in a different place.
• Rocks A and B formed at about the same time.
• Are Rocks A and B the same or different types of rock?

The rocks are

• the same type because they both formed from rock material.

• the same type because they formed at the same time.

• different types because they formed in different ways.

• different types because they formed in different places.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1