Rock Cycle Assessment

The process where sediment becomes glued together is called _________________.

• Compaction

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Cementation

____________ rocks form when rock buried deep inside the Earth change without melting

or weathering.

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Compaction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Rocks formed under great pressure but no heat are _______.

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Compaction

Molten rock material found on the Earth’s surface is _______.

• Magma

• Metamorphic

• Lava

• Sedimentary

Which type igneous material cools fastest?

• Magma

• Lava

• Sediments

• Sandstone

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What is the Rock Cycle?

• How rocks are created from dirt

• Process of how rocks are formed from dead plants and animals

• Process that forms and recycles different rocks

• Circular path the rock travels

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the process that helps form existing rock into metamorphic rock?

• Compaction/Cementation

• Heat/Pressure

• Weathering/Erosion

• Melting

What is the process that helps form existing rock into sedimentary rock?

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Compaction

• All of these

___________rock may contain fossils.

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

________ rock will have banded (ribbon like) layers.

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Sedimentary