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The Rock Cycle

Authored by A. Bleecher

Science

6th - 12th Grade

NGSS covered

The Rock Cycle
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A rock formed from material that is deposited by water, wind, or glaciers. It is formed from this material when it is squeezed or cemented together when water moves through the rock and soil. It could have fossils.

igneous

metamorphic

sedimentary

deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Rocks that are formed from cooled magma that are often very hard or full of small holes (porous). They have minerals in the form of crystals.

igneous

metamorphic

sedimentary

deposition

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A rock that has gone through a transformation by heat, pressure, or other processes. It is then a new type of rock that usually has bands and swirls in it.

igneous

metamorphic

sedimentary

deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on Earth’s surface.

weathering

erosion and transport

burial and compaction

the rock cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The process by which soil and rock particles are worn away and moved elsewhere by gravity, or by a moving transport agent – wind, water or ice.

weathering

erosion and transport

burial and compaction

the rock cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

As layers are piled one upon another, sometimes by hundreds of meters of sediment above. The weight of these layers are squash down the sediment grains.

crystallization

burial and compaction

deposition

uplift

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Minerals grow and solidify in magma or lava. The growth is a highly organized three-dimensional structure that is repeated.

crystallization

burial and compaction

deposition

uplift

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

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