The Rock Cycle

What causes igneous rocks to form

• pressure

• cooling magma and lava

• compaction

• cementation

What is the effect of squeezing and heating rock for millions of years?

• Nothing happens.

• it can turn into a new type of rock.

• it will push up through cracks in the Earth's surface.

• it will dissolve.

Rocks formed by heat and pressure beneath the Earth's surface are...

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

• magma

What are the 3 major types of rocks?

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The process by which metamorphic rocks are formed...

• heat and pressure
• erosion and deposition
• melting and cooling

Sedimentary rocks may contain fossils.

• True
• False

Tags

NGSS.3-LS4-1

NGSS.4-ESS1-1

The ___________   _______________ is the process of one type of rock transforming into a different type of rock.

• Weathering
• Erosion
• The Rock Cycle