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Rock Vocab

Authored by Jill Butts

Science

6th Grade

NGSS covered

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Rock Vocab
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

any mineral that makes up most of the Earth's crust

granite

rock forming mineral

metamorphic

extrusive

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

a dark, dense, igneous rock with a fine texture found in oceanic crust

granite

texture

basalt

grain

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

the look and feel of a rock's surface

foliated

deposition

organic

texture

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

type of rock formed from the cooling of molten rock

igneous

sedimentary

metamorphic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat and pressure

igneous

sedimentary

metamorphic

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

igneous rock that forms when magma hardens beneath the surface

intrusive

extrusive

clastic

organic

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

the process by which ice, wind, water or gravity moves weathered particles of rock and soil.

deposition

compaction

erosion

foliated

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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