Rocks

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

The thickest layer of Earth is the ___ where it is so hot that the rock there is soft.

• inner core
• crust
• outer core
• mantle

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

• lava
• magma
• igneous rock
• minerals

Once magma reaches the earth's surface, it is called __________.

• a vent
• minerals
• igneous rocks
• lava

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 buried deep in the earth can be changed into an entirely new rock when it goes through what?

• weathering and erosion
• pressing and cementing
• heat and pressure
• cooling and hardening

A never ending process by which rocks are changed from one type to another.  

• weathering and erosion
• rock cycle
• heat and pressure
• pressing and cementing

This rock formed when bits of other rocks became pressed into a solid. What type of rock is it?

• Sedimentary Rock
• Metamorphic Rock
• Igneous Rock