Rocks Vocabulary

Rocks Vocabulary

6th Grade

15 Qs

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Rocks Vocabulary

Rocks Vocabulary

Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS2-1, MS-ESS2-4, MS-ESS3-1

+1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

15 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

the process in which material is laid down.

Cementation

Erosion

Compaction

Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

a naturally formed solid that is usually made up of one or more types of minerals

Ore

lava

rock

mineral

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

rock that forms as molten rock cools and becomes solid

metamorphic rock

sedimentary rock

igneous rock

metasedimentary rock

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

rock formed as pieces of older rocks and other loose materials get pressed or cemented together or as dissolved minerals reform and build up in layers.

igneous rock

sedimentary rock

metamorphic rock

intrusive igneous rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

rock formed as heat or pressure causes existing rock to change in structure, texture, or mineral composition

metamorphic rock

extrusive metamorphic rock

intrusive metamorphic rock

igneous rock

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

solid materials such as rock fragments, plant and animal remains, or minerals that are carried by water or by air and that settle on the bottom of a body of water or on the ground

mountains

runoff

sediment

subduction

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

igneous rock that forms as magma cools below Earth’s surface

Extrusive Igneous Rock

metamorphic rock

Intrusive Igneous Rock

sedimentary rock

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