Types of Rocks

What are the 3 major types of rocks?

• Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary

• Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation

• Brown, Red, Gray

• Streak, Hardness, Breakage

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Which type of rock most likely contains fossils?

• sedimentary

• igneous

• metamorphic

• all of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which type of rock is formed when heat or pressure changes it?

• sedimentary

• igneous

• metamorphic

• all of the above

What type of rock is granite?

• igneous

• sedimentary 

• metamorphic

rocks form from the cooling and hardening of molten magma.

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

What type of rock forms from molten magma under the surface?  

• Sedimentary

• Extrusive Igneous

• Intrusive Igneous

• Metamorphic

This rock was formed when molten rock cooled into a solid. What type of rock is it?

• Igneous Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

Which type of rock is made when magma cools?

• sedimentary

• igneous

• metamorphic

• all of the above

Sedimentary rocks are made when layers of _____________ are pressed together.

• water

• sediments

• fossils

• limestone

What process is used to form sedimentary rocks?

• Lava cools and hardens to form a rock.

• Weathering, Erosion, Deposition, Compaction, Cementation

• Extreme heat and pressure from inside the Earth turn rocks into new rocks.

• Magma trapped under the Earth's surface cools and solidifies.