Rocks

Multiple Choice

A model showing the processes that create and change rock.

• Water Cycle

• Carbon Cycle

• Rock Cycle

• Nitrogen Cycle

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The earth is ______________of years old

• Hundreds

• Millions

• Billions

• Trillions

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Magma that reaches the surface flows from a volcano as ____________

• Magma

• Water

• Ice

• Lava

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The Geologic Time Scale is a record of what?

• old geologists
• sweet geology music
• the known history of rocks and fossils
• a list of every living thing ever

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These Rocks are formed from Magma and Lava

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

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Which of the following statements about the fossil record is true?

• all organisms become fossils
• organisms having soft body parts make up most of the fossils
• all organisms that have shells become fossils
• the fossil record is incomplete

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These Rocks are formed from Heat and Pressure

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

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Why is the fossil record incomplete?

• fossils get eroded away over time
• most organisms never became fossils
• scavengers and decomposers eat them too quickly
• all of the above

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These Rocks are form from layers of sediment over Millions of years

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

Geologic Time

How can we relate rocks to time?

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This rock started as molten magma but transformed after a volcano erupted. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

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This rock was another type of rock that was heated and compressed over time. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

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Molten rock below the Earth's surface is called...

• Magma

• Lava

• Goo

• Really hot goo

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Which of the following orders the rock layers accurately from oldest to youngest?

• A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H
• B, F, G, C, D, H, A, E
• B, G, C, D, E, H, A, F
• F, A, H, E, D, C, G, B

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The process when rocks break into smaller pieces due to exposure to natural elements is called

• erosion

• weathering

• sediments

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Put the layers in order from oldest to youngest.

• a, b, c, d, e
• b, c, d, a, e
• b, c, d, e, a 
• e, d, c, b, a

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The process by which igneous rocks are formed...

• heat and pressure
• melting and cooling
• weathering and erosion

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In this rock layer diagram there are two unconformities, a fault at E and an intrusion at D. Which unconformity occurred first?  How do you know?

• Intrusion D occurred first because the instrusion has been moved by the fault.
• The fault occurred first because it has moved the intrusion D.
• Intrusion D occurred first because it can be seen in all of the rock layers.
• Fault E occurred first because it is a normal fault.

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In which type of rock might you see a fossil?

• Marble

• Igneous rock

• Metamorphic rock

• Sedimentary rock

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Thinking about sedimentary rock, the oldest layers are found

• on the top most layer

• in the middle of other layers

• all layers are the same age

• towards the bottom

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Trilobites came before dinosaurs because they were found in a lower rock layer

• absolute dating

• relative dating

Dropdown

Having visible layers would identified a rock as ​

Select answer

. Rocks that are cooled lava or magma are ​

Select answer

rock. Intense heat and pressure allows for ​

Select answer

rock to form.

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The earth is 4.6 billion years old

• absolute dating

• relative dating

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What is number 4?

• heat pressure

• melting

• weathering

• cooling/crystallization

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Which type of dating method can be used on rock layers by applying the Law of Superposition?

• relative dating

• absolute dating

• radioactive dating

• radiometric dating

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What is number 3?

• heat pressure

• melting

• weathering

• cooling/crystallization

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Which type of dating method can be used on rock layers by applying the Law of Superposition?

• relative dating
• absolute dating
• radioactive dating
• radiometric dating

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What is number 2?

• heat pressure

• melting

• weathering

• cooling/crystallization

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What is number 1?

• heat pressure

• melting

• weathering

• cooling/crystallization

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Which one of the examples below is physical weathering?

• lichens growing on rock

• acid rain wearing away limestone

• oxidation (rusting) of a flag pole

• frost wedging splitting a rock apart

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Which of these terms describes the process of acid rain wearing out limestone?

• deposition

• chemical weathering

• physical weathering

• erosion

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What is the process called that moves small pieces of Earth's surface to another location?

• deposition
• weathering
• river flow
• erosion