Earth Science Chapter 4 Review

Which of the following processes changes rock on Earth’s surface?

• metamorphism

• erosion

• compaction

• cementation

When sedimentary rock is exposed to heat and pressure, what does it change into?

• magma

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

Scientists classify rocks

• by composition and texture

• by volume

• by mass

• by color and size

What kind of texture does igneous rock have when magma cools slowly?

• coarse-grained

• large-grained

• fine-grained

• medium-grained

What kind of texture does igneous rock have when magma cools rapidly?

• coarse-grained

• medium-grained

• large-grained

• fine-grained

What kind of rock is formed when magma intrudes into other rock?

• extrusive igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

• intrusive igneous rock

• organic sedimentary rock

What kind of rock is formed from lava that cools on the Earth’s surface?

• organic sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• intrusive igneous rock

• extrusive igneous rock

Which process forms sediment?

• Weathering

• cementation

• compaction

• deposition

What are strata?

• mineral fragments

• minerals crystallized out of solution

• layers in sedimentary rock

• fossils in sedimentary rock

What kind of sedimentary rock can be cemented together by calcite or quartz?

• organic

• stratified

• chemical

• clastic