Rock Cycle Review

What is the process called where sediment becomes glued together?

• Compaction

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Cementation

What type of rock forms when the rock is buried deep inside the Earth and changes without melting or weathering?

• Igneous

• Sediment

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

Which type of rock is formed under great pressure, but without heat?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Compaction

• Metamorphic

Molten rock material found on Earth’s surface is called________

• Lava

• Sediments

• Magma

• Metamorphic

Which type igneous material cools fastest?

• Sediments

• Sandstone

• Magma

• Lava

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What is the Rock Cycle?

• How rocks are created from dirt

• Process of how rocks are formed from dead plants and animals

• Process that forms and recycles different rocks

• The circular path the rock travels

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What is the process that helps form existing rock into metamorphic rock?

• Compaction/Cementation

• Heat/Pressure

• Weathering/erosion

• Melting

What is the process that helps form existing rock into sedimentary rock?

• Weathering

• Compaction

• Erosion

• All of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which type of rock may contain fossils?

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

Which type of rock will have ribbon like layers?

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Sedimentary