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

Rocks come in many different characteristics like...

• color
• shape
• texture
• all of these

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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 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 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