Starburst Lab and the Rock Cycle

The age of a rock sample can be determined by finding the relative amount of a parent isotope that has changed into a daughter isotope within the sample. Which property of radioactive decay allows the age of the rock to be determined in years?

• releases energy

• releases energy

• happens in all rocks

• happens at a set rate

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

A rock deep within the Earth experiences extreme temperature and pressure. After a long period of time it becomes which rock?

• Magma

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

What type of rock forms when hot, liquid rock (lava) becomes a solid?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Lava

• Metamorphic

What do we call it when rock is being broken down by wind or water?

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Earthquake

• Weathering

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NGSS.4-ESS2-1

What is the type of rock that started out as another type of rock but has changed into another rock due to heat and pressure?

• Sediment

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What is the type of rock that is formed when smaller pieces of rocks get smashed (compacted) and glued (cemented) together?

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Magma

• Sedimentary

In the Starburst lab, the teacher cut the Starburst into tiny pieces. What did these tiny pieces represent?

• Sediment

• Metamorphic Rock

• Magma

• Igneous Rock

During the Starbust lab, the Starburst was melted into a liquid state. What did this represent?

• Sedimentary Rock

• Magma

• Igneous Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

How do you change a sedimentary rock to an igneous rock?

• make sediment and then compact it

• melt the sedimentary rock and then cool the lava

• heat and pressure

• make sediment and then melt it

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

If we weather an igneous rock, what does it turn into?

• sediment

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

• igneous rock