Rock Cycle

What is a solid mixture of one or more minerals and organic matter?

• a cave

• a rock

• a volcano

• a landform

How do scientists classify rocks?

• by color

• by volume

• by gravity

• by composition and texture

What is the process called that forms new rock from old rock?

• the water cycle

• the erosion cycle

• the carbon cycle

• the rock cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What moves sediment from one place to another?

• weathering

• uplift

• erosion

• deposition

Besides erosion, what else causes rock to be exposed at the Earth's surface?

• gravity

• cementation

• uplift

• weathering

When magma cools and becomes solid, it becomes which type of rock?

• metamorphic

• striped

• igneous

• sedimentary

How did early humans use rocks? People from many thousands of years ago.

• as hammers to make tools

• as forks

• as ways to move trees

• as fences for animals

Rocks that change on Earth can change into all three types of rock.

• True

• False

The chemical make up of a rock is called _______________ .

• rock cycle

• erosion

• composition

• grains

What is a rock's texture?

• the minerals found in a rock

• the size, shape, and position of the grains that make up a rock

• the layers of sediment

• the way a rock looks