Rocks and Minerals

The process where sediment becomes glued together is called

• Compaction
• Weathering
• Erosion
• Cementation

________rocks form when rock buried deep inside the Earth change without melting or weathering.

• Igneous
• Sediment
• Metamorphic
• Sedimentary

Rocks formed under great pressure but no heat are ____________

• igneous
• sedimentary
• metamorphic
• compaction

Molten rock material found on the Earth's surface is _____________

• lava
• sedimentary
• magma
• metamorphic

Which type of igneous material cools fastest?

• Lava
• Magma
• Sediments
• Sandstone

What is the rock cycle?

• How rocks are created from dirt.
• Process of how rocks are formed from dead plants and animals.
• Process that forms and recycles different rocks.
• The circular path the rock travels.

What is the process that helps form existing rock into metamorphic rock?

• Compaction/Cementation
• Heat/Pressure
• Weathering/Erosion
• Melting

What is the process that helps form existing rock into sedimentary rock?

• Weathering
• Compaction
• Erosion
• All of these

__________ rock will have banded (ribbon like) layers.

• Metamorphic
• Sedimentary
• Igneous

_________ rock may contain fossils.

• Metamorphic
• Sedimentary
• Igneous