Rocks Quiz

The process by which water, wind, ice, and changes in temperature break down rock into fragments called sediments.

• Deposition
• Erosion
• Weathering
• Igneous Rock

Rock that forms when minerals form from solutions or sediment from older rocks get pressed and cemented together.

• Sedimentary Rock
• Metamorphic Rock
• Igneous Rock

The process by which metamorphic rocks are formed...

• heat and pressure
• compaction and cementation
• melting and cooling

A metamorphic rock can become ______.

• igneous
• metamorphic
• sedimentary
• all of these

rock altered, changed, by pressure and heat

• sedimentary rock
• metamorphic rock
• igneous
• erosion

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

• texture
• weathering
• sediment
• erosion

What two processes make sediment?

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Weathering & Erosion

_______ rock forms from magma/lava

• Metamorphic
• Sedimentary
• Igneous

This rock was formed by lots of fossils that settled on top of each other over time. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Metamorphic

This rock cooled on the outside of a volcano and contained air bubbles when it was forming. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Metamorphic