Sedimentary / Metamorphic Rocks

Rocks formed when loose material called sediments gets pressed or cemented into rock.

• Volcanic rocks
• Metamorphic rocks
• Sedimentary rocks
• Igneous rocks

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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A sandy beach is mostly made up of sediments (rock particles) broken away (weathered)

from rock by water and wind (erosion).

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Layers of sediments may get ______ (pressed) to forming a rock.

• Compacted

• Compressed

• Cemented

Some particles of sediment may form into rocks by __________ alone. Examples or silt and clay.

• weathering
• pressure

• erosion

Particles of in silt and clay, rocks formed by pressure, are held together by _________.

• cementation of crystalized minerals

• compaction of small sediments

• compression of rocks held together

The same processes also produce rocks from shells or plant remains called ______

• fossils

• metamorphic rocks
• igneous rocks

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

______ consist of dead wood, bark, leaves, stems and roots and is contains the energy stored by plants that lived hundreds of millions of years ago in swampy forests..

• fossils

• Coal

• limestone

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

_______ is made of carbonate minerals formed form shells and skeletons of ocean organisms.

• Sandstone
• Marble
• Limestone
• Granite

Sedimentary rocks are laid down in layers, the ______ are on the bottom. Studying the layers can tell you what the place was like.

• newest layers
• top layers
• oldest layers

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

(a)   and ​ ​ ​ (b)   break down the earth. ​ (c)   settle in lakes and rivers.

​ (d)   are formed and build up. ​ (e)   and time turn the layers to rock.

• Wind
• Water (waves)
• Sediments
• Layers
• Pressure
• Particles
• fossils
• limestone
• minerals

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4