rocks /rock cycle

Check all processes that form rocks.

• throwing and catching

• Heat and pressure

• Melting and cooling

• weather and erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Intrusive igneous rocks

• A type of igneous rock that forms when magma cools SLOWLY, producing large crystals.

• A type of igneous rock that forms when lava cools QUICKLY, producing fine crystals that are hard to see.

A type of rock formed through the process of weathering, erosion and deposition.

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

• igneous

• intrusive igneous

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The rock cycle is

any rock can turn into any other type of rock with time and the right processes.

• True

• False

Rock made from igneous or sedimentary rock that has been changed by PRESSURE, heat, very hot water, or a combination of these factors.

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

• igneous

Fossils are sometimes found in what type of rock?

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

• igneous

• igneous extrusive

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What 2 processes help an igneous rock change into a metamorphic rock?

• melting

• cooling

• heat

• pressure

intrusive or extrusive

• metamorphic

  rock

• sedimentary

  rock

• igneous

  rock

Weathering breaks down rocks into

• thunder and lightning

• sand and sediment

• lava and magma

• clouds and rain

Melted rock within Earth is pushed up from the MANTLE .

• sediment

• lava

• sand

• magma

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1