Rock Classification Quiz

The look and feel of a rock's surface

• Grain

• Texture

• Particle

• Sediment

A type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface

• "Rock" Hard Abs

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Igneous Rock

A type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together

• Igneous Rock

• Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions

• Metamorphic Rock

• "Rock" Star

• Sedimentary Rock

• Igneous Rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Igneous rock that forms from lava on Earth's SURFACE

• Intrusive Rock

• Sediment

• Extrusive Rock

• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Igneous rock that forms when magma hardens BENEATH Earth's surface

• Deposition

• Sediment

• Extrusive Rock

• Intrusive Rock

The destructive process in which water or wind loosen and carry away fragments of rock

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Compaction

• Cementation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Sedimentary Rock that forms where remains of organisms are deposited in thick layers

• Clastic Rock

• Organic Rock

• Chemical Rock

• Coral Reef

Term used to describe metamorphic rocks whose grains are arranged in parallel layers or bands. (Think Cheeseburgers)

• Rock Cycle

• Foliated

• Non Foliated

• Coral Reef

A series of processes on the surface and inside Earth that slowly change rocks from one kind to another

• Rock Cycle

• Foliated

• Sedimentary Rock

• Compaction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1