Mini-assessment - Rock and Rock Cycle

What Are The Three Main Types Of Rocks?

• Igneous, Depository, Metamorphic

• Depository, Igneous, Sedimentary

• Metamorphic, Igneous, Depository

• Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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How are metamorphic rocks formed?

• Heating and cooling

• Deposition

• Heating and pressure

• Materials gathering and pressing together

How are sedimentary rocks formed?

• Heating and pressure

• Sediment forming together

• Weathering

• Cooling

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What geologic process changes pieces of rocks, minerals and other materials into sedimentary rocks?

• Compacting and Cementing
• Cooling
• Heat and Pressure
• Melting

Which characteristic is found only in sedimentary rocks?

• Fossils

• Crystals

• Gas Bubbles

• Glassy Surface

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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Which type of rock is heated and pressurised but does NOT melt?

• igneous
• hard rock
• metamorphic
• sedimentary

Each rock type can follow only one pathway of the rock cycle.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Wind, water, and ice breaking down rock is called

• Erosion
• Deposition
• Compaction
• Weathering

What is the breaking down of rocks?

• Weathering
• Clastic
• Vesicular

Which type of rock results from melting and cooling of magma?

• Igneous
• Metamorphic
• Sedimentary
• Extrusive