Rocks and soil

What are the basic building blocks of rocks called?

• magmas

• minerals

• sediments

• pressure gradients

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Rocks that form from the cooling of magma below the Earth's surface are called ______________ rocks.

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

• intrusive igneous

• extrusive igneous

A series of processes on Earth's surface and in the crust and mantle that slowly changes rock from one kind to another is called

• rock cycle

• erosion

• crystalizing

• evaporation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Dissolved minerals and particles of sediment stick together to form a sedimentary rock in a process called

• compaction

• cementation

• depostion

The process in which layers of sediment are tightly squeezed together by pressure is called

• cementation

• deposition

• compaction

• weathering

__________ is the process in which sediments settle out of wind, water or ice

• deposition

• weathering

• erosion

What TWO processes are occurring at location D?

• compaction and cementation

• weathering and erosion

• deposition and cementation

• deposition and cementation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What process is occurring at location A

• weathering

• deposition

• cementation

• erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What process is occurring at location B?

• Weathering

• cementation

• compaction

• deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What process is occurring at location C?

• erosion

• compaction

• weathering

• cementation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2