The Rock Test

This rock is created when existing rock is changed by heat, pressure or chemical reactions.

• Metamorphic Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Igneous Rock

This rock is created when magma or lava cools and crystallizes.

• Igneous Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

This rock is created when broken pieces of rock, rocks dissolved in water by erosion, or remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together.

• Sedimentary Rock

• Igneous Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

What is a process by which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediments together into one mass?

• Deposition

• Cementation

• Erosion

What is the destructive process by which water and wind loosens and carries away fragments of rock?

• Cementation

• Erosion

• Compaction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is a process by which sediments settle out of the water or wind carrying it into a location?

• Cementation

• Erosion

• Deposition

What is a process by which sediments are pressed together under their own weight growing thick layers over millions of years?

• Cementation

• Compaction

• Deposition

What are the three components geologists look for in defining rocks?

• texture, mineral composition and color

• streak, luster, and cleavage

• fracture, density, color

What are small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or remains of living things like shells, bones, leaves, etc. due to erosion?

• mineral composition

• sediments

• texture

What is a series of processes that changes one type of rock into another type of rock?

• Rock Cycle

• Water Cycle

• Crust Cycle