Classifying Rocks Test Review

Magma that cools below Earth's surface forms _____ rock.

• Extrusive metamorphic

• Extrusive igneous

• Intrusive metamorphic

• Intrusive igneous

A classification of metamorphic rocks would include whether they are

• Chemical or organic

• Intrusive or extrusive

• Foliated or nonfoliated

• Basaltic or granitic

Sedimentary rocks are ___________.

• Formed below Earth's surface as magma

• A type of foliated igneous rock

• Formed by great heat

• Formed from already existing rocks that are weathered and eroded

The rock cycle indicates that each type of rock can ______.

• Provide materials to make up other rocks

• Form other types of rocks

• Be changed by natural processes

• All of the above

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A rock is _____.

• Always made up of molten material

• A mixture of minerals, organic matter, and other materials

• A pure mineral

• Either igneous or sedimentary

The crystals that form in slowly cooling magma are generally _______.

• Large

• Small

Where does the rock cycle begin?

• With sedimentary rocks

• With metamorphic rocks

• With igneous rocks

• It has no beginning and no end

Rock fragments, mineral grains, bits of shell

• Magma

• Lava

• Metamorphic Rock

• Sediments

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Formed from sediments

• Metamorphic Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Igneous Rock

Magma on the surface of Earth

• Magma

• Lava

• Sediments