Rock Cycle Unit Review

Igneous rocks can become metamorphic and sedimentary rocks.

• True

• False

When does the rock cycle end?

• the rock cycle does not end

• after a rock has been an igneous rock twice

• after a rock has been an igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

For an igneous rock to be a sedimentary rock what has to happen first?

• weathering, erosion

• cooling, hardening

• compaction and cementation

• melting

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What is the most common intrusive igneous rock?

• obsidian

• marble

• granite

• pumice

For a metamorphic rock to change into an igneous rock what has to happen first?

• compaction and cementation

• cooling and hardening

• weathering and erosion

• melting

If sediments are being compacted, what kind of rock is it becoming?

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

If heat and pressure is applied to granite, it becomes gneiss. What kind of rock is gneiss?

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

What is happening at 1?

• cooling

• melting

• weathering

• compaction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What is happening at 2?

• erosion

• melting

• cooling

• compaction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What is happening at 4?

• weathering and erosion

• compaction and cementation

• cooling and hardening

• melting