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The process by which igneous rocks are formed...

• heat and pressure

• melting and cooling

• weathering and erosion

_______ rock forms from magma/lava

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

This rock was another type of rock that was heated and compressed over time. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

According to the law of superposition, the oldest fossils are found 

• At the top of the rock layers

• Near the bottom of the rock layers

• In the middle of the rock layers

• Somewhat near the surface

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

_{Which rock layer in the diagram seems to be the oldest?}

• F

• E

• B

• A

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which of the following correctly lists the layers in order from oldest to youngest?

• A, B, C, D, E

• E, B, C, D, A

• E, D, C, B, A

• C, B, A, D, E

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The process by which metamorphic rocks are formed...

• heat and pressure

• erosion and deposition

• melting and cooling

Rock that forms when pressure and temperature change existing rock.

• Igneous Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Rock Cycle

Cooling & crystalization produce

• igneous rocks

• metamorphic rocks

• sedimentary rocks

True or False: Once a rock is sedimentary, it cannot become an igneous rock.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1