Rocks, Minerals, Rock Cycle

What are the 3 major types of rocks?

• Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary

• Metamorphic, Igneous, Limestone

• Brown, Red, Gray

• Streak, Hardness, Breakage

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What kind of rock is produced when magma or lava cools?

• Igneous Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

When igneous rock breaks apart (weathers), it forms ___________.

• sedimentry rocks

• metamorphic rocks

• sediments

• crystals

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Rocks that form from colling magma inside Earth?

• Igneous intrusive

• Igneous extrusive

• Metamorphic foliated

• Metamorphic nonfoliated

When do metamorphic rock form?

• when layers of sediment are deposited

• when lava solidifies in seawater

• when particles of rock break off at Earth’s surface

• when heat and pressure changes rock

Which of the following must be true for a substance to be a mineral?

• It must be organic

• It must be shiny

• It must be naturally occurring

• It must be pretty

Which one is NOT a property used to identify minerals?

• streak

• luster

• hardness

• size

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

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The process by which metamorphic rocks are formed...

• heat and pressure

• erosion and deposition

• melting and cooling

The three groups of rocks are classified by

• How they form

• Color

• Grain size

• Chemical Composition