Rocks and the Rock Cycle

Sandstone is an example of...

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Gneiss is an example of...

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What is underground molten rock?

• Lava

• Magma

• Soil

• Intrusive

What is aboveground molten rock?

• Extrusive

• Magma

• Lava

• Sedimentary

Label the process that creates sedimentary rock?

d

Cooling

Weathering

Melting

Compaction and cementation

Erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Click on the part of the rock cycle that represents an IGNEOUS ROCK.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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

c

a

b

metamorphic

sedimentary

igneous

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Click on the part of the rock cycle that represents a SEDIMENTARY ROCK.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Click on the part of the rock cycle that represents a METAMORPHIC ROCK.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Label the three main types of rocks correctly

g

f

e

Granite

Metamorphic

Obsidian

Sedimentary

Weathering

Sediment

Igneous

Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1