Generation Genius Rocks and Minerals

How do minerals form from hot water?

• By evaporating into the air

• By cooling and forming crystals

• By melting into lava

• By freezing into ice

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What are rocks made of?

• Mineral pieces mixed together

• Only one type of mineral

• Only igneous materials

• Water and air

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Which type of rock is formed from magma or lava?

• Fossil rock

• Igneous rock

• Metamorphic rock

• Sedimentary rock

What process transforms sedimentary rock into metamorphic rock?

• Cooling and hardening

• Melting and freezing

• Weathering and erosion

• Heat and pressure

What is the rock cycle?

• A way to make rocks from minerals

• A series of processes that change rocks from one type to another

• A fixed path rocks follow

• A method to create crystals

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What is relative dating?

• A method to find the absolute age of rocks

• A process to estimate the age of fossils using rock layers

• A way to date minerals

• A technique to measure the size of rocks

Metamorphic rocks commonly form at (a)   .

• In the middle of the ocean

• At convergent and transform plate b

• On the surface of the Earth

• At divergent plate boundaries

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is the formation of metamorphic rocks through direct contact with magma.

• Contact metamorphism

• The process of rocks melting into m

• The erosion of rocks by water

• The cooling of lava on Earth's surf

Drag and drop the rock types with the numbers that indicate what the rock type forms from.

c

a

b

igneous

metamorphic

sedimentary

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This rock was formed when magma cooled very slowly inside the Earth. What specific type of rock is it?

• Intrusive Igneous Rock

• Extrusive Igneous Rock

• Foliated Metamorphic Rock

• Clastic Sedimentary Rock