Quiz on Rock Cycle and Types of Rocks

The process by which all rocks are formed and how basic Earth materials are recycled through time.

• The rock cycle

• The water cycle

• The carbon cycle

• The krebs cycle

A type of igneous rock that has small or no crystals, resulting in fine-grained or glassy textures. Includes pumice, obsidian, and basalt.

• Extrusive

• Intrusive

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

The minerals that make up a rock.

• Composition

• Contradiction

• Compaction

• Congregation

A type of sedimentary rock that is made up of fragments of other rocks. Includes sandstone, conglomerate, and shale.

• Clastic

• Foliated

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

Rocks that form from molten rock that cools and hardens either below or on Earth’s surface.

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Clastic

Rocks that form when any rock is changed by the effects of heat, pressure, or chemical action.

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Clastic

The size of the crystals or grains that make up a rock.

• Texture

• Intrusive

• Extrusive

• Intrinsic

A type of igneous rock that has larger crystals and a courser texture. Includes granite.

• Intrusive

• Extrusive

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

A type of metamorphic rock that has bands of different mineral. Includes slate, schist, and gneiss.

• Foliated

• Clastic

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

The material that makes up solid Earth. They can be a collection of one or more minerals, or can be made of solid organic matter.

• Rock

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary