Rocks and Minerals

Which process FORMS or BREAKS sediment?

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Cementation

• Precipitation

Which process DROPS sediment?

• deposition

• weathering

• erosion

Which process GLUES sediment?

• deposition

• cementation

• erosion

• weathering

What do we call the layers in sedimentary rock?

• cementation

• sediment

• strata

• rock lines

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

T/F Igneous rock form from the cooling and solidification of lava or magma.

• True

• False

Intrusive rocks are rocks that form....

• as magma cools underground

• as lava cools above ground

In an intrusive igneous rock....

• magma cools slowly

• large crystals form

• all of the choices

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Extrusive rocks form....

• outside or on the surface

• inside/underground

• in the sky

Metamorphism changes rocks by ...

• Surface area & heat

• Heat & Pressure

• Intrusive & Extrusive

• Melting & Cooling

When metamorphic rocks have stripes or bands, they are called...

• Foliated

• Non-foliated

• Extrusive

• Intrusive