Earth Science

Wind, water, and ice breaking down rock is called

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Compaction

• Weathering

When sediments are pressed together tightly, this is called ____________.

• Compaction

• Cementation

• Weathering

• Erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

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This rock was formed by smaller pieces of rock that settled at the bottom of a lake millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

What are the 3 major types of rocks?

• Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary

• Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation

• Brown, Red, Gray

• Streak, Hardness, Breakage

Rock that forms when sediment from older rocks get pressed and cemented together.

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Igneous Rock

Two ways to describe types of igneous rocks are _____

• Extrusive and Intrusive

• Foliated and Non-Foliated

• Clastic and Biochemical

• Black and Gray

A subduction zone is formed...

• when one tectonic plate sinks below another

• at every type of convergent plate boundary

• at every type of divergent plate boundary

• at transform boundaries

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....

• Pull apart

• Come together

• Slide past each other

• subducting

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of the following is the name of the ancient supercontinent formed 28 Million Years ago.

• Pangea

• Gondwanda

• Laurasia

• Neverland