The Rock Cycle

Rocks are always changing.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Weathering and erosion change metamorphic rock into sediments.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

How are igneous rocks formed?

• Changes by forming bigger crystals due to heat and pressure

• Forms when sediments become cemented together

• Forms when magma (lava) cools and makes crystal

• Forms through weathering and erosion

How are metamorphic rocks formed?

• Forms through weathering and erosion

• Changes by forming bigger crystals due to heat and pressure

• Forms when magma (lava) cools and makes crystals

• Forms when sediments become cemented together

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Sedimentary rocks are formed...

• through heat and pressure

• through weathering and erosion

• through melting and cooling

• through compaction and cementation

All rocks can be heated. Where does the heat come from?

• pressure, friction, radioactive decay

• inside the Earth, the sun, radioactive decay

• pressure, inside the Earth, radioactive decay

• collision of tectonic plates, the sun, radioactive decay

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Marble, slate, gneiss are examples of

• sedimentary rocks

• igneous rocks

• metamorphic rocks

This type of rock might contain evidence of past life and has visible, flat layers.

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

This type of rock comes from liquid rock and might contain holes from gases (examples are basalt, granite, and obsidian)

• sedimentary

• igneous

• metamorphic

Occurs when minerals are deposited between sediments and "glue" or "hold together" sediments.

• compaction

• weathering

• erosion

• cementation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2