geology

1. What will happen if an igneous rock is put under an extreme amount of heat and pressure?

• it will melt into lava
• it will weather and erode
• it will become a metamorphic rock
• it will become a sedimentary 

The remains of living things that died long ago are often found in what type of rock?

• igneous rocks
• sedimentary rock
• metamorphic rock
• all rocks

The cooled and hardened magma from volcanoes form what rocks?

• igneous
• sedimentary
• metamorphic 
• fossils

Hot, molten rock inside the earth is called ...

• lava
• magma
• igneous rock
• minerals

Large rocks can be broken down into smaller rocks by wind and water.  These small rocks can break down into very tiny pieces called _______.

• minerals
• pebbles
• sediments
• chalk

Rocks that are found in different layers of earth can be found to be older, oldest, younger, and youngest by observing where it is found in the earth.  This is called .....

• the rock cycle
• relative age
• aging
• layers of the earth

A person who studies the properties of rocks to tell how the rocks may have been formed are ____________.

• mineralists
• geologists
• rock stars
• rockologists

This rock was formed by smaller pieces of rock that settled at the bottom of a lake millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Metamorphic

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

• Compaction
• Cementation
• Weathering
• Erosion

The process in which sediment are fused or glued together.

• compaction
• deposition
• organic rock
• cementation