Rock Cycle

The process where sediment becomes glued together.

• compaction

• weathering

• erosion

• cementation

_____________ rocks form when rock buried deep inside the Earth change without melting or weathering.

• Igneous

• Sediment

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Rocks formed under great pressure but no heat are _____.

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Compaction

Molten rock material found on the Earth's surface is____.

• lava

• sedimentary

• magma

• metamorphic

Which type of igneous rock cools fastest?

• lava

• magma

• sediments

• sandstone

What is the Rock Cycle?

• how rocks are created from dirt

• Process of how rocks are formed from dead plants and animals

• Process that forms and recycles different rocks

• the circular path the rock travels

What is the process that helps form existing rock into metamorphic rock?

• compaction/cementation

• heat/pressure

• weathering/erosion/deposition

• melting/cooling

What is the process that helps form existing rock into sedimentary rocks?

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• All of these

______ rock may contain fossils.

• metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

_______ rock will have banded (ribbon like) layers

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

• igneous