6th Grade Minerals and Rocks Test

Front

Which type of rock is usually found deep underground where heat and pressure are present?

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Metamorphic Rock

Front

What is the process called in which rocks are created, changed, destroyed, and formed again?

Back

The Rock Cycle

Front

When an existing rock is subjected to very high heat and pressure, what type of rock will it be transformed into? Options: Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic, Sediment

Back

Metamorphic

Front

What type of rock is pumice, which is formed from the rapid cooling of magma? Options: Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic, None of the above

Back

Igneous

Front

What type of rock is slate, which is formed when shale or mudstone is exposed to heat and pressure?

Back

Metamorphic

Front

Type of rock that forms from the compacting and cementing of sediments.

Back

Sedimentary Rock

Front

What type of rock is shale, sandstone and conglomerate?

Back

Sedimentary

Front

The process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue sediment together.

Back

cementation

Front

Marble is formed when limestone is exposed to intense heat and pressure. Which type of rock is marble?

Back

Metamorphic

Front

The movement of weathered material (sediment) is called?

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erosion