Rocks/Rocky Cycle Test Review

This is a natural solid that is made of one or more minerals.

• Mineral

• Fossil

• Rock

• Sediment

The substance that is melted rock below the ground is called what?

• Magma

• Sediment

• Gas

• Water

What are the particles of weathered rock called?

• Sediments

• Fossils

• Rocks

• Minerals

This is the continuous process of rock changing from one type to another.

• Igneous rocks

• Sedimentary rocks

• Metamorphic rocks

• Rock Cycle

This is the type of rock that forms when earth processes change the texture and heat and pressure are applied.

• Igneous rock

• Sedimentary rock

• Metamorphic rock

• Rock Cycle

These are traces or remains of a once-living thing sometimes found in sedimentary rocks.

• Rocks

• Sediments

• Fossils

• Minerals

What is the type of rock called that is used to make buildings and some old monuments?

• Limestone

• Marble

• Slate

• Granite

This is the type of rock that forms from sediment that gets cemented or pressed together under pressure.

• Igneous rock

• Sedimentary rock

• Metamorphic rock

• Rock Cycle

This is the type of rock that forms from magma or lava hardening.

• Igneous rock

• Sedimentary rock

• Metamorphic rock

• Rock Cycle

Which missing rock type is the arrow pointing at?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic