Rocks and Minerals - J form

Which BEST describes the rock cycle?

• New rocks form from older rocks.
• Lunar rocks change into terrestrial rocks.
• Rocks in the ocean become rocks on land.
• Layers of rock are broken by faults.

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How are sedimentary rocks, such as shale and sandstone, formed?

• Particles are changed into liquids.
• Particles are compressed into layers.
• Particles are melted together by magma.
• Particles are heated by the Sun.

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Which processes must occur in order for an igneous rock to change into a metamorphic rock?

• heating and pressure
• compaction and cementation
• melting and cooling
• uplift and erosion

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Which processes change magma into igneous rock?

• weathering and erosion
• heat and pressure
• compaction and cementation
• cooling and crystallization

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Which process causes sand grains to stick together to form sandstone?

• cementation
• abrasion
• combustion
• erosion

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Sedimentary rock forms when rock is first

• broken down by weathering.
• melted into liquid magma.
• exposed to great temperature.
• crystallized into natural glass.

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Sedimentary rocks may have these remains of an organism inside of it.

• cleavage

• gem

• luster

• fossil

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What makes a test of minerals a "fair test?"

• You test each mineral differently

• You test the mineral with a magnet

• You test each mineral the same exact way

• You test the mineral with a nail

This type of rock is formed when melted rock cools.

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

The name of a scientist that studies rocks and minerals is called a . . . 

• biologist
• geologist
• zoologist
• rockologist