Earth Science Rock Cycle

____________ = rock breaking apart (getting smaller)

• weathering

• erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Very small rocks / parts of rocks are called _______.

• crust

• sediment

• igneous

• magma

METAMORPHIC rock is formed when a different kind of rock is changed.

• yes

• no

METAMORPHIC rock is formed through ___________ and pressure.

• heat

• cooling

Lava SOLIDIFIES when it becomes _________.

• cold

• hot

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

___________ moves rock from place to place.

• erosion

• weathering

• solidification

a series of events that happen in the same order = ___________

• circle

• cycle

• cyclone

When molten (melted) rock cools and becomes a solid, a _____ rock forms.

• Igneous         

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Mineral

According to the diagram, how does a sedimentary rock become a metamorphic rock?

• Weathering and Erosion

• Heat and Pressure

• Compaction and Cementation

• Melting

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

When heat or pressure causes one rock to change into a new type of rock, we call these rocks _____.

• Igneous     

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Mineral