Types of Rocks and the Rock Cycle

What are the 3 major types of rocks?

• Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary

• Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation

• magma, lava, crystals

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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The process by which igneous rocks are formed...

• heat and pressure

• melting and cooling

• weathering and erosion

The process by which metamorphic rocks are formed...

• heat and pressure

• erosion and deposition

• melting and cooling

Which of the following describes rocks formed by the compaction of living things?

• Clastic

• Organic

• Foliated 

• Nonfoliated

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Which rock is formed form the cooling of volcanic ash on Earth's surface?

• intrusive igneous

• foliated metamorphic

• extrusive igneous

• organic sedimentary

Rock made from fossils of once living plants or animals.

• Intrusive Igneous

• extrusive Igneous

• clastic Sedimentary

• organic Sedimentary

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Rocks that form from colling magma inside Earth?

• Igneous intrusive

• Igneous extrusive

• Metamorphic foliated

• Metamorphic nonfoliated

How would you classify the rock in the picture?

• Organic

• Clastic

• Intrusive

• Extrusive

The process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue sediment together.

• compaction

• deposition

• organic rock

• cementation

Which sedimentary rock has a fine-grained texture?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4