Rocks and Minerals

In the rock cycle, the cooling of magma forms what?

• metamorphic rocks
• igneous rocks
• sedimentary rocks
• sediments

weathering of all three types of rocks forms what?

• sediments
• magma
• volcanoes
• layers

sedimentary rocks make up about what percent of rocks at the surface of earth?

• 15
• 25
• 50
• 75

When you watch a volcano erupt molten rock, you are seeing _____

• Lava
• Magma
• Mineral Crystals
• Igneous Rocks

When you are describing the sizes of the mineral grains in a rock, you are detailing the rock's _____

• Texture
• Composition
• Sedimentation
• Igneous-ness

What are the 3 major types of rocks?

• Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
• Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation
• Brown, Red, Gray
• Streak, Hardness, Breakage

Which of the words below describe mud, sand, and tiny bits of rocks that cement together to form a type of rock?

• stalactites
• magmas
• metamorphs
• sediments

When sediments are pressed together tightly, this is called ____________.

• Compaction
• Cementation
• Weathering
• Erosion

The process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue sediment together.

• compaction
• deposition
• organic rock
• cementation

This is the arrangement of layers in a sedimentary rock

• metamorphism
• erosion
• sediments
• stratification