Rock Cycle Study Guide

What forms sedimentary rock?

• Layers of sediment

• Melted rocks

• The rock cycle

• Magma that has cooled

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What are the three types of rock?

Sedimentary, metamorphic, and __________

• Igneeus

• Ingeius

• Igneous

• Igneuos

Where is the only place that sedimentary rock is formed?

• Underground

• Earth's crust

• In the sky

• In a volcano

What does dried mineral water help form?

• More water

• Volcanoes

• Rocks

• Ice

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Choose the THREE things that can break down rock

• Water

• Crust

• Ice

• Wind

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which of the following is the continuous change of rock from one type to another?

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Rock Cycle

• Igneous

What vocabulary word means to "wear away rock over time" ?

• Erosion

• Metamorphic

• Weathering

• Sedimentary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Where does magma come from?

• Earth's crust

• Melted rocks

• The clouds

• Tectonic plates

Which of the following changed sedimentary rocks?

• Weight

• Pressure

• Heat

• All of the above

How are metamorphic rocks formed?

• Old layers of rock are compacted through heat and pressure

• Sediment is pressed together to form a rock

• Cooled lava forms the rock

• Rock in the mantle melts forming magma