2nd Grade - Rocks and Soil Pretest

True or False? Rocks are made up of minerals.

• True

• False

Soil and rocks are carried away by wind, water, and ice. This process is called...

• compaction

• cementation

• erosion

This sedimentary rock was formed when pieces of rock were squeezed and glued together by minerals. These processes are called...

• magma

• compaction and cementation

• erosion

What kind of rock has been changed by heat and pressure? (Hint Hint - It used to be igneous or sedimentary.)

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

What kind of rock was formed by layers of sediments being squished together?

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

What kind of rock is formed when hot magma cools down quickly?

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

Hot liquid rock deep inside the earth is called...

• magma

• soil

• erosion

A geologist is a scientist that studies...

• animals

• plants

• rocks

When we study rocks we look at their characteristics like size, color, and ....

• texture

• geologists

• magma

Rocks go through a long, slow journey and change from one type of rock to another. What is this process called?

• The Rock Band

• The Rock Star

• The Rock Cycle