Earth Science EOY Review

Which of the following types of rocks is formed when extreme heat and pressure are combined?

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

Which type of rock is formed when rocks are melted deep in the Earth and cool to form new rocks?

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Sandstone

What rock is made out of the process shown in the picture?

• Metamorphic Rock

• Igneous Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Minerals

Fill in the missing step for the formation of sedimentary rock.

1. Weathering of rocks

2. ?

3. Sedimentation

4. Compression

5. Formation of new rocks

• Extreme heat

• Erosion

• Breaking down rocks

• extreme pressure

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What role does EROSION have in the formation of sedimentary rocks?

• Erosion breaks down rocks into smaller minerals

• Erosion moves rock sediment to the bottom of the ocean.

• Erosion does not have a role in forming sedimentary rocks.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What are the three main types of rocks? Check all that apply.

• Heat

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Pressure

• Sedimentary

Igneous rock is formed by the cooling of magma around volcanoes or deep in the earth.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The formation of rocks happens very quickly.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

When tiny rock particles are squeezed together, ______________ rock is formed.

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

The supercontinent in the continental drift hypothesis was called ____.

• Pantry
• Pangaea
• Wegenerland
• Eurasia