Rock Cycle Test

Sedimentary rock changes into metamorphic rock by _______. 

• the actions of plants and animals

• the motion of earthquakes

• rocks eroding into sediment

• heat and pressure underground

BOX 1 causes igneous rocks to turn into metamorphic rocks.  Which caption should go in BOX 1?

• Heat & pressure

• Pressure & weathering

• Compaction & cementation

• Cooling

BOX 3 causes sediments to form sedimentary rocks. Which description should go in BOX 3?

• Cooling

• Pressure & melting

• Compaction & Cementation

• Heat

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Magma cooling creates BOX 4.  Which rock type should go in BOX 4?

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Clastic

One example of metamorphic rock is marble.  Which of the following describes the process(es) responsible for changing this type of rock into metamorphic?

• crystallization

• heat and pressure

• compaction and cementation

• weathering, erosion, and deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Which of these BEST describes the formation of sedimentary rock?

• pressure and heat

• melting and cooling

• erosion and weathering

• cementing and compacting

What is rock that has been broken down through weathering, erosion, and deposition is known as?

• metamorphic

• mineral

• sedimentary

• igneous

Over time, magna trapped underground cools to form granite rock.  As more time passes, heat and pressure change the granite rock to gneiss rock.  Which type of rock transformation occurred when gneiss formed?

• metamorphic to igneous

• igneous to metamorphic

• sedimentary to metamorphic

• metamorphic to sedimentary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Caroline found the rock shown in the picture below.  What characteristic led her to the conclusion that it was a sedimentary rock? 

• It has jagged edges.

• It has layers.

• It is made of magma.

• It is made of lava.

Which of these could be the result of erosion, deposition, and compaction?

• Igneous rocks becoming metamorphic rocks

• igneous rocks becoming sedimentary rocks

• metamorphic rocks becoming igneous rocks

• sedimentary rocks becoming metamorphic rocks

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4