Rock Hound Science Olympiad

Select the correct image of the rock cycle

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Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Heat and Pressure,or Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition...

• Can Change a fossil to a mineral

• Can change a rock into a different type of rock

• Can change a mineral to a fossils

Formed by heat and pressure

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Extrusive Igneous

• Intrusive Igneous

Formed by compacting & cementing of sediments

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Extrusive Igneous

• Intrusive Igneous

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Has large crystals because of slow cooling

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• intrusive igneous rock

• extrusive igneous rock

A rock formed from fragments of other rocks is a(n)

• Metamorphic Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Extrusive Rock

• Igneous Rock

Which of the following is not a rock

• Pumice

• Lava

• Halite

• Sandstone

Fossils are only found in

• Sedimentary rocks

• Foliated Metamorphic rocks

• Igneous Rocks

• Nonfoliated Metamorphic rocks

The top layer of sediments in a sedimentary rocks is...

• The newest and youngest layer.

• The oldest layer.

• The only layer that is made from pebbles.

• The second layer of sediments.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

This rock formed when bits of other rocks became pressed into a solid. What type of rock is it?

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Igneous Rock