Types of Rocks

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

This rock was formed when molten rock cooled into a solid. What type of rock is it?

• Igneous Rock
• Metamorphic Rock
• Sedimentary Rock

This rock was formed when heat and pressure changed its minerals around into new minerals. What type of rock is it?

• Metamorphic Rock
• Igneous Rock
• Sedimentary Rock
• Boring Rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

This rock started as molten magma. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Metamorphic

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Which of the following is an igneous rock?

• limestone
• gypsum
• gneiss
• basalt

The process that presses sediments together

• clastic rock
• cementation
• compaction
• deposition

The process by which running water, wind, or ice carry away bits of broken-up rock

• weathering
• sediment
• erosion
• cememtation

Sedimentary rock that forms when rock fragments are squeezed together

• weathering
• chemical rock
• clastic rock
• organic rock

True or False: Once a rock is sedimentary, it cannot become an igneous rock.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Fossils are only found in

• Sedimentary rocks
• Metamorphic rocks
• Igneous Rocks
• All rock types

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3