Rocks, Minerals and Rock Cycle Test 2

Which mineral property is described by the Mohs Scale?

• fluorescence

• hardness

• luster

• cleavage

When rocks are changed from one type to another, this is referred to as

• metamorphism

• sea floor spreading

• the rock cycle

• compaction

When shale rock is exposed to heat and pressure deep under Earth's surface for thousands of years, it forms into slate. What type of rock is slate?

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

• extrusive

The wearing away of rocks is a description of which process?

• Erosion

• Drainage

• Weathering

• Infiltration

What are the three types of rocks?

• metamorphic, lava and igneous

• igneous, sedimentary and mineral

• igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic

• lava, metamorphic, and sedimentary

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Sedimentary rocks are changed into sediments by

• weathering and erosion

• compaction

• cementation

• heat and pressure

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What type of rock forms from lava that has cooled at or near earth's surface?

• Sedimentary
• Metamorphic
• Igneous

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Fossils are sometimes found in which type of rock?  (Fossils can only survive this rock's process of formation.)

• intrusive igneous
• extrusive igneous
• metamorphic
• sedimentary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The process by which metamorphic rocks are formed...

• heat and pressure
• erosion and deposition
• melting and cooling

What do we call the material that comes from rocks that have been broken down into smaller pieces. This usually results from weathering.

• texture

• weathering

• sediment

• erosion