Lithosphere: Rocks & Rock Cycle

Extreme Heat and Pressure creates a _________ rock.

• Igneous
• Metamorphic
• Sedimentary
• Mineral

The three groups of rocks are classified by

• How they form
• Color
• Grain size
• Chemical Composition

Heat & pressure are associated with which transformation of rock?

• metamorphism
• volcanism
• magmarism
• lithification

Cooling & crystalization produce

• igneous rocks
• metamorphic rocks
• sedimentary rocks

A rock was found near the mouth of a volcano. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Metamorphic

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

• Compaction
• Cementation
• Weathering
• Erosion

How would a sedimentary rock turn into a metamorphic rock? 

• erosion and compaction
• heat and pressure
• melting and cooling

Erosion, deposition, __________, cementation make sedimentary rock.

• cystalization
• foliated
• compaction

Igneous rock that cools and forms inside the Earth. 

• Intrusive
• Extrusive
• Foliated
• Chemical

Rock made from existing rock that is changed by heat and pressure.

• Intrusive
• Metamorphic
• Igneous
• Extrusive