Rocks/Rock Cycle

The process by which metamorphic rocks are formed...

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

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

• texture
• weathering
• sediment
• erosion

_______ rock forms when magma or lava cools and hardens

• Metamorphic
• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Oceanic

If you find seashells in a rock, you know it is

• igneous
• sedimentary
• metamorphic
• oceanic

Put the steps of sedimentary rock formation in order from first to last.

• deposition, erosion, compaction, cementation
• erosion, cementation, compaction, deposition
• erosion, compaction, deposition, cementation
• erosion, deposition, compaction, cementation

Where do most metamorphic rocks form?

• at the surface of the Earth
• just below Earth's surface
• in sea waters
• deep underground

In layers of horizontal rocks, the oldest fossils are always in 

• the top layer
• the middle layer
• the bottom layer
• every layer evenly

The process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together is

• compaction
• cementation
• deposition
• erosion

What rock type would be commonly found around volcanoes?

• Igneous
• Sedimentary
• Metamorphic
• None of the above

An igneous rock can become ______.

• metamorphic
• sedimentary
• igneous
• all of these