The Rock Cycle

The Rock Cycle

Lesson 4

Multiple Choice

The best answer for section "B"

• metamorphic/melting

• compaction/cementation

• weathering/erosion

• heat/pressure

Multiple Choice

The best answer for section "C" in the diagram

• metamorphic/melting

• compaction/cementation

• weathering/erosion

• heat/pressure

Multiple Choice

The best answer for section "A" in the diagram

• metamorphic/melting

• compaction/cementation

• weathering/erosion

• heat/pressure

Multiple Choice

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

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

The process by which sediment is moved from one place to another.   Can be caused by water, wind, ice, and gravity.

• Rock Cycle
• Uplift
• Deposition
• Erosion

Multiple Choice

The name rock is given when it is broken down into smaller pieces.

• texture
• weathering
• sediment
• erosion

Multiple Choice

Each rock type can follow only one pathway of the rock cycle.

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

Wind, water, and ice breaking down rock is called

• Erosion
• Deposition
• Compaction
• Weathering

Multiple Choice

A metamorphic rock changes into an igneous rock by what two processes?

• Melting and cooling
• Extreme heat and pressure
• Compaction and cementation
• Weathering and erosion

Multiple Choice

Which type of rock forms from extreme heat and pressure?

• Igneous
• Sedimentary
• Organic
• Metamorphic

Multiple Choice

Which type of rock results from melting and cooling of magma?

• Igneous
• Metamorphic
• Sedimentary
• Extrusive

Multiple Choice

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

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Metamorphic

Multiple Choice

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

Multiple Choice

What process is used to form sedimentary rocks?

• Lava cools and hardens to form a rock.
• Weathering, Erosion, Deposition, Compaction, Cementation
• Extreme heat and pressure from inside the Earth turn rocks into new rocks.
• Magma trapped under the Earth's surface cools and solidifies.

Multiple Choice

Movement of the Earth's tectonic plates creates extreme _____ below Earth's surface.

• compaction/cementation

• weathering/erosion

• heat/pressure

• explosions/exchanges

Multiple Choice

A rock that has cooled fast and may look like glass.

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

• sediment

Multiple Choice

Which type of igneous material cools fastest?

• lava

• magma

• sediments

• sandstone

Multiple Choice

Rocks formed under great pressure but no heat are _____.

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

• sediment

Multiple Choice

____ rocks form when rock buried deep inside the earth change without melting or weathering

• igneous

• sediment

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

Multiple Choice

the process of sediment being glued together

• compaction

• weathering

• erosion

• cementation