Geology and the Rock Cycle

What do we call an inorganic solid found in nature?

• Rock

• Mineral

• Granite

• Conglomerate

Two or more minerals together are called... ?

• Crystal

• Minerals

• Rocks

• Gem

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

If you heat and pressure any rock/mineral, it will change into...?

• Igneous Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Detrital Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

If you melt a rock/mineral and then let the magma/lava cool, you end with...?

• Igneous rock

• Metamorphic rock

• Sedimentary rock

• Chemical rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

When a rock undergoes weathering and erosion, it becomes...?

• Metamorphic rock

• Sediment

• Igneous rock

• Organic rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

An ore is a(an).....

• sample of rocks big enough to be sold

• sample of rocks with valuable minerals inside that need to be smelted

• sample of rocks not worth anything, and is best thrown away

• sample of rocks with gemstones already inside

The Rock Cycle....

• is always happening

• stopped a long time ago

• starts and stops randomly

• does not exist

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

A crystal....

• Is shiny(lustrous)

• has an orderly pattern of atoms, which gives it a patterned look

• can be valuable

• is all of the above

What are loose pebbles, dirt, and shells called?

• Worthless

• Sediment

• Rocks

• Sedimentary Rocks

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Sedimentary rock....

• is made up of sediment that is compacted and cemented together

• is made from molten lava

• is made by people walking around on the beach

• is made by igneous and metamorphic rocks being weathered and eroded

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4