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8.108 Rock Cycle and Earth's Materials Worksheet

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Rock Cycle and Earth’s Materials - Which model best a model of how igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks form and transform through Earth processes? (NGSS MS‑ESS2‑1; TEKS §112.28 Grade 8; FL NGSSS; VA SOL; MA STE)

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Problem 1Difficulty: Mastery

Which answer best describes a model of how igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks form and transform through Earth processes?

AA model showing all rocks form only by fossils piling up

BA model showing sediment and magma are identical materials

CA model showing rocks change only once and then leave Earth’s systems

DA model showing magma cooling to igneous rock, weathering and lithification forming sedimentary rock, heat and pressure forming metamorphic rock, and melting returning rock to magma

Solution & Explanation:The strongest model connects the major rock types to the processes that form and transform them, including cooling, weathering, deposition, lithification, heat, pressure, and melting.

Problem 2Difficulty: Mastery

A model includes arrows from all three rock types to magma through melting. What must it also include to explain how magma returns to rock?

ACompaction from magma to sedimentary rock

BWeathering from magma to fossil layers

CHeat and pressure from magma to loose sediment

DCooling and crystallization from magma to igneous rock

Solution & Explanation:Magma returns to solid rock by cooling and crystallization, which forms igneous rock.

Problem 3Difficulty: Mastery

Which assumption would make a rock cycle prediction inaccurate?

AAssuming every rock must pass through igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic stages in one fixed order

BAssuming weathering can create sediment from exposed rock

CAssuming magma can cool into igneous rock

DAssuming heat and pressure can change solid rock

Solution & Explanation:The rock cycle does not require one fixed order. Processes and conditions determine the path material takes.

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This worksheet is designed specifically for Grade 8 Science students. It aligns with educational standard MS-ESS2-1 (Students practice identifying how igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks form and how energy-driven Earth processes move materials through the rock cycle.).