Rock Cycle and Plate Tectonics

What is letter C?

• Igneous rock

• Sedimentary rock

• Metamorphic rock

• Minerals

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What is the letter A?

• Cooling

• Melting

• Heat and pressure

• Weathering and erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What type of rock is formed from extreme heat and pressure?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Organic

• Metamorphic

A metamorphic rock transforms into an igneous rock through which two processes?

• Melting and cooling

• Extreme heat and pressure

• Compaction and cementation

• Weathering and erosion

This rock was found near the mouth of a volcano. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

This rock was molten magma that cooled slowly underground. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

There are many paths through which rocks move through the rock cycle.

• true

• false

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

As rock moves through the rock cycle, material is neither lost nor gained.

• true

• false

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Sediment accumulates at the bottom of the ocean through the process of __________.

• fusion

• deposition

• weathering

A rock formed from fragments of other rocks is a

• Metamorphic rock

• Sedimentary rock

• Extrusive rock

• Igneous rock