Chapter 15 Quiz

What are the three types of Rocks?

• Sedimentary, Igneous, Metamorphic
• Sedimentary, Igneous, Marble
• Sandstone, Lava, Metamorphisis
• Sediment, Lava, Heat and Pressure

This type of Rock is the MOST common in the Earth's Crust?

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Metamorphic
• Common Rock

These can come in INTRUSIVE and EXTRUSIVE.  

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Metamorphic
• Trusive Rocks

Which of the words below describe mud, sand, and tiny bits of rocks that cement together to form a type of rock?

• stalactites
• magmas
• metamorphs
• sediments

What type of rock can turn into a metamorphic rock?

• Igneous only
• Sedimentary only
• Metamorphic only
• Any type of rock

The process by which metamorphic rocks are formed...

• heat and pressure
• compaction and cementation
• melting and cooling

what is the rock cycle.

• molten rock that is stored underground.
• rock material that forms where rocks are broken down into smaller pieces.
• a process that changes one type of rock into another type of rock.

Hot, molten rock inside the earth is called ...

• lava

• magma

• igneous rock

• minerals

Rock made of layers of compressed sediments

• metamorphic rock
• igneous rock
• sedimentary rock
• school house rock

What are the two types of igneous rock?

• intrusive and extrusive
• extrusive and chemical
• chemical and clastic
• foliated and nonfoliated