Kinds of Rocks

Grace’s chart shows answers to a guessing game about a certain rock.

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Fossils

Sedimentary rocks may have these remains of an organism inside of it.

• cleavage

• gem

• luster

• fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

FROM WHICH IGNEOUS ROCKS ARE FORMED ?

• LAVA

• WATER

• MAGMA

• SNOW

Tara found a rock. She notices that she can rub off tiny grains of sand. The whole rock is made of sand. She thinks it is sandstone. How is this rock formed?

• sand grains were under pressure of the atmosphere and pressed together

• sand grains were brought together by molten lava reaching the surface

• sand grains were carried by wind and then cemented together

• sand grains were buried deep in Earth's crust and were heated.

In which location would you most likely find an igneous rock?

• in a deep cavern

• near a volcano

• on a sandy beach

• near the mouth of a river

CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION

EXAMPLES ON SEDIMENTARY ROCKS .

• BOTH B AND C

• BOTH A AND B

• OPTION A

• OPTION C

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Formed by compacting & cementing of sediments

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Extrusive Igneous

• Intrusive Igneous

A rock formed from fragments of other rocks is a(n)

• Metamorphic Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Extrusive Rock

• Igneous Rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

This rock formed when bits of other rocks became pressed into a solid. What type of rock is it?

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Igneous Rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

This rock was found near the mouth of a volcano. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1