Quiz about Earth Materials

Question 1

Which type of rock results from melting and cooling of magma?

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Igneous

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Metamorphic

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Sedimentary

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Extrusive

Question 2

Which type of rock forms from extreme heat and pressure?

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Metamorphic

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Igneous

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Sedimentary

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Organic

Question 3

A metamorphic rock changes into an igneous rock by what two processes?

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Melting and cooling

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Extreme heat and pressure

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Compaction and cementation

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Weathering and erosion

Question 4

Wind, water, and ice breaking down rock is called

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Weathering

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Erosion

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Deposition

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Compaction

Question 5

What is the MAIN way rocks are classified?

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How they form

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Their color and shapes

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Mineral bands

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Where they form

Question 6

True/False: Igneous rocks can only turn into metamorphic rocks.

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False

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True

Question 7

The process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue sediment together.

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cementation

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compaction

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deposition

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organic rock

Question 8

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

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Compaction

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Cementation

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Weathering

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Erosion

Question 9

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

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Igneous

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Sedimentary

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Metamorphic

Question 10

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?

Accepted Answer

Sedimentary

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Igneous

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Metamorphic

Question 11

What are the 3 major types of rocks?

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Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary

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Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation

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Brown, Red, Gray

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Streak, Hardness, Breakage

Question 12

This rock started as lava that cooled and then was heated and put under pressure over time. What type of rock is this?

Accepted Answer

Metamorphic

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Sedimentar

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Igneous

Question 13

This rock started as molten magma. What type of rock is this?

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Igneous

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Sedimentary

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Metamorphic

Question 14

This rock is made from tiny pieces of other rocks that settled to the bottom of a valley millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?

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Sedimentary

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Igneous

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Metamorphic

Question 15

This rock was molten magma that slowly cooled under the ground. What type of rock is this?

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Igneous

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Sedimentar

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Metamorphic

Question 16

This rock cooled on the outside of a volcano and contained air bubbles when it was forming. What type of rock is this?

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Igneous

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Sedimentary

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Metamorphic

Question 17

After lots of time, pressure, and heat, you get this kind of rock. What type of rock is this?

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Metamorphic

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Sedimentary

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Igneous

Question 18

Each rock type can follow only one pathway of the rock cycle.

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False

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True

Question 19

Fossils are often found in ____________ because it is formed from the remains of once living things.

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sedimentary

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metamorphic

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magma

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igneous

Question 20

This rock was formed by lots of fossils that settled on top of each other over time. What type of rock is this?

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Sedimentary

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Igneous

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Metamorphic

Question 21

The process by which water, wind, ice, and changes in temperature break down rock into fragments called sediments.

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Weathering

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Deposition

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Erosion

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Igneous Rock

Question 22

Rock that forms when minerals form from solutions or sediment from older rocks get pressed and cemented together.

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Sedimentary Rock

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Metamorphic Rock

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Igneous Rock

Question 23

Rock that forms when pressure, temperature, or chemical processes change existing rock.

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Metamorphic Rock

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Igneous Rock

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Sedimentary Rock

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Rock Cycle

Question 24

The process by which metamorphic rocks are formed...

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heat and pressure

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compaction and cementation

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melting and cooling

Question 25

The process by which igneous rocks are formed...

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melting and cooling

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heat and pressure

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compaction and cementation

Question 26

A metamorphic rock can become ______.

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all of these

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igneous

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metamorphic

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sedimentary

Question 27

An igneous rock can become ______.

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all of these

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metamorphic

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sedimentary

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igneous

Question 28

rock altered, changed, by pressure and heat

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metamorphic rock

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sedimentary rock

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igneous

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erosion

Question 29

What does it mean for a rock to be extrusive

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Form from Lava

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Have layers

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Have Rounded Edges

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Form By Sediment

Question 30

True or False: Igneous Rocks form from Sediment

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False

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True

Question 31

_______ rock forms from magma/lava

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Igneous

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Metamorphic

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Sedimentary

Question 32

The process by which sediment is moved from one place to another.   Can be caused by water, wind, ice, and gravity.

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Erosion

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Rock Cycle

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Uplift

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Deposition

Question 33

Rock that forms when pressure, temperature, or chemical processes change existing rock.

Accepted Answer

Metamorphic Rock

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Igneous Rock

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Sedimentary Rock

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Rock Cycle

Question 34

This rock was formed by lots of fossils that settled on top of each other over time. What type of rock is this?

Accepted Answer

Sedimentary

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Igneous

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Metamorphic

Question 35

This rock was another type of rock that was heated and compressed over time. What type of rock is this?

Accepted Answer

Metamorphic

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Sedimentary

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Igneous

Question 36

This rock was molten lava that cooled quickly as it came out of a volcano. What type of rock is this?

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Igneous

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Sedimentary

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Metamorphic

Question 37

What has to increase for metamorphism to occur?

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temperature and pressure

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weathering and erosion

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melting and cooling

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compaction ad cementation

Question 38

When magma cools quickly, what kind of texture does rock have?

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fine grained

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coarse grained

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large grained

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medium grained

Question 39

During the rock cycle, what forms when the magma cools?

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igneous rocks

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sedimentary rock

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metamorphic rock

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foliated rock

Question 40

What do scientists call the rock that is formed when magma cools below the surface

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intrustive igneous rock

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extrustive igneous rock

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erupitve rock

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volcanic

Question 41

rock that cools at the Earth's surface

Accepted Answer

extrusive igneous rock

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non-foliated

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strata

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intrusive

Question 42

rock that cools below the Earth's surface

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intrusive igneous rock

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non-foliated

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extrusive igneous rock

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strata

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