Rock Formations

True or false: sediments heat and compact to form a sedimentary rock.

• True

• False

Magma goes through cooling and crystallization and becomes a igneous rock.

• False

• True

What types of rocks will be formed when molten lava cools and hardens?

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• shale

• igneous

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Complete the Rock Cycle When magma cools, what kind of rock is formed?

• metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• fossils

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On the island of Hawaii, Kelly notices that the sand on the beach is black, the same color as the rock formations on the island. Kelly realizes the sand used to be part of the rock formations. What most likely caused material from the rock formations to turn into sand?

• Rays from the sun broke them into pieces.

• If anything were left out for a long time, it would break into small pieces on its own.

• The sand was formed by earthquakes, tsunamis, and other natural disasters. These disasters were strong enough to break the rock into small pieces.

• Wind and rain interacted with the rock, breaking it into small pieces.

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On vacation at a lake, Christina sees an interesting-looking rock formation. Christina just learned about rocks in science class and tells her friend that the formation is made of a type of metamorphic rock. How did this metamorphic rock form?

A geologist who studies rock formations from the 65 million years ago when dinosaurs roamed. A recent study compares rocks from rock formations in two different locations. Rock A formed from small pieces of rock. Rock B formed from liquid rock in a different place. Rocks A and B formed at about the same time. Are Rocks A and B the same or different types of rock? The rocks are

• Different types because they formed in different places.

• Different types because they formed in different ways

• The same type because they formed at the same time.

• The same type because they both formed from rock material.

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The diagram shows layers of sedimentary rocks and examples of their fossils. Which layer contains the oldest fossils?

• 4

• 2

• 3

• 1

Answer explanation

The deeper down you go the older the things you find there are.

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Metamorphic rock is formed by_______.

• melting magma

• heat and pressure

• compaction

• cementation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What kind of rocks do sedimentary or igneous rocks become when they are changed by heat and pressure?

• salt rocks

• metamorphic rocks

• igneous rocks

• sedimentary rocks