Weathering, erosion, rocks, and minerals

What type of rocks are formed from "heat and pressure" applied to other rocks?

• igneous rocks

• metamorphic rocks

• sedimentary rocks

What type of rocks are formed from the solidification of melted rocks?

• igneous rocks

• metamorphic rocks

• sedimentary rocks

What rocks are formed when sediments are compacted and cemented together?

• igneous rocks

• metamorphic rocks

• sedimentary rocks

What do you call the carrying away of sediment by wind, water, ice, and other agents; the process by which sediments are obtained; the wearing away and lowering of Earht's land surface features?

• weathering

• erosion

• cleavage

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What do you call the chemical and physical alterations of rocks and other Earth materials at or near Earth's surface, through the action of temperature changes, water, chemical agents, atmospheric gases and organic materials?

• weathering

• erosion

• cleavage

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What characteristic of minerals is the tendency of a mineral to break along the zones of weakness?

• streak

• hardness

• cleavage

What characteristic of minerals refers to the resistance a mineral offers to being scratched?

• hardness

• streak

• texture

What characteristic of a mineral refers to the color of the mineral in its powdered form when rubbed against a porcelain plate?

• hardness

• streak

• cleavage

What do you call the physical evidence of former life, which is usually preserved in sedimentary rocks?

• minerals

• fossils

• magma

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What do you call the liquid rock found below earth's surface?

• lava

• magma

• sedimentary rock