Rock Cycle Assessment

Which of these statements is true?

• Weathering and erosion affects all rocks on the earth's surface

• Weathering and erosion only affects sedimentary rocks on the earth's surface

• Weathering and erosion affects all rocks under the earth's surface

• Rocks are unaffected by weathering and erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Identify the series of geologic processes that can transform sediment into shale, shale into slate, and slate into magma.

• Cooling; melting; heat and pressure

• Compacting and cementing; heat and pressure; melting

• Melting; heat and pressure; cooling

• Weathering and erosion; compacting and cementing; cooling

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

• Compacting and cementing

• Cooling

• Heat and pressure

• Melting

Identify the series of geologic processes that can transform magma into granite, granite into sand, and sand into sandstone.

• Cooling; weathering and erosion; compacting and cementing

• Melting; heat and pressure; cooling

• Weathering and erosion; compacting and cementing; cooling

• Weathering and erosion; compacting and cementing; heat and pressure

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Identify the series of geologic processes that can transform sandstone into quartzite, quartzite into magma, and magma into rhyolite.

• Compacting and cementing; heat and pressure; melting

• Cooling; melting; heat and pressure

• Melting; heat and pressure; cooling

• Heat and pressure; melting; cooling

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The interrelationship among the three rock types is identified as which of the following?

• The rock cycle

• The rock formation

• The rock helix

• The rock metamorphosis

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The melting of metamorphic or igneous rock forms what substance?

• Lava

• Magma

• Pebbles

• Sediment

The Mount Rushmore National Monument is carved from the granite of South Dakota's Black Hills. What type of rock is granite?

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• None of the above

Which geologic process is illustrated in this animation?

• Compacting and cementing

• Cooling

• Heat and pressure

• Melting

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What element is missing from this diagram of the rock cycle?

• Magma

• Cooling

• Weathering and erosion

• Igneous rock