Rocks & Minerals (TEK 6.6C & 6.10B)

What type of rock forms from cementation and compaction close to or on earth's surface?

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

What type of rock forms from heat and pressure deep inside earth's surface?

• Sedimentary
• Metamorphic
• Igneous

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What type of rock forms from lava that has cooled at or near earth's surface?

• Sedimentary
• Metamorphic
• Igneous

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the geological process by which rocks are formed, destroyed, or altered?

• continental drift
• plate tectonics
• water cycle
• rock cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Which of the following is a physical property of minerals?

• luster
• reactivity
• oxidation
• flammability

Fossils are sometimes found in which type of rock?  (Fossils can only survive this rock's process of formation.)

• intrusive igneous
• extrusive igneous
• metamorphic
• sedimentary

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

How are sedimentary rocks, such as shale and sandstone, formed?

• Particles are changed into liquids.
• Particles are compressed into layers.
• Particles are melted together by magma.
• Particles are heated by the Sun.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

In order for sediments to become rock, the sediments are generally

• liquefied.
• compacted.
• returned to their origins.
• mixed with organic material.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

One condition necessary to produce diamonds is

• low temperatures
• quick cooling
• intense pressure
• high altitude

Which of these substances is a mineral?

• sandstone
• granite
• quartz
• coal