Minerals and Rocks

Fossils are found in which type of rock?

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• magma

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

___________ rock is formed once lava cools and turns into stone.

• Sedimentary

• Crystal

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

What do all rocks have in common?

• Same color

• Same size

• Same shape

• All made from minerals

A flashlight is used in order to test which two properties?

• luster and magnetism

• hardness and magnetism

• light and luster

• streak and hardness

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

How long would it most likely take for processes in the rock cycle to change most of a Granite Mountain into sediment?

• 10 Thousand Years or less

• 500 Thousand Years

• 1 Million Years

• 10 Million Years or More

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which is NOT one of the three major kinds of rocks?

• crystal

• sedimentary

• igneous

• metamorphic

The Earth's inner core is not solid.

• True

• False

How are metamorphic rocks formed?

• volcanos

• heat and pressure

• layers of sediment

• fossils

Which of Earth's layers is located directly beneath the Earth's crust?

• Mantle

• Outer core

• Inner core

• None of the above

What type of matter is the matle?

• liquid

• solid

• gas