Rocks

What are the three types of rock?

• Ignite, Sondheim, Megamind

• Igneous, Gravel, Metamorphic

• Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary

• Scatter, Metamorphic, Ignatius

When a rock experiences enough heat and pressure, it's a ___________ rock.?

Match the following rock type with how it was created.

• The texture, shape, or chemical structure of a rock is changed by heat or pressure

• Igneous rock

• Small pieces of rocks and organic matieral cemented and pressed together

• Sedimentary rock

• Magma/lava freezes

• Metamorphic rock

• Any type of rock melts

• Magma/lava

• When erosion breaks off and carries away pieces of rock from parent material

• Sediment

What is the parent material of all rocks?

• Magma

• Lava

• Sedimentary

• Organic matter

What is aboveground molten rock?

• Extrusive

• Magma

• Lava

• Sedimentary

The name of a person that studies rocks and the earth.

• veterinarian

• geologist

• podiatrist

• teacher

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Sedimentary rocks form strata or _______.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

A small space rock that falls to the ground on Earth is called a _________________.

• Skittles

• Meteorite

• Dog

• Meteor

Which layer of the Earth do we live on?

• Inner Core

• Crust

• Outer Core

• Mantle

Broken down bits of rock called______________ are washed down by rivers to the ocean floor.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4