Types of Rocks Test Review

What are the 5 things that make a rock a rock?

• Hard, Solid, Part of Earth’s Crust, Made up of Minerals, and Organic

• Naturally Occurring, Inorganic, Solid, Crystal Structure, and Definite Chemical Composition

What are the 5 properties of a mineral?

• Naturally Occurring, Inorganic, Solid, Crystal Structure, and Definite Chemical Composition

• Hard, Solid, Part of Earth’s Crust. Made up of Minerals, Organic

What do we call Igneous rock that formed from lava erupting onto Earth’s surface. (Example Basalt)

• intrusive rock

• extrusive rock

What do we call Igneous rock that formed from magma hardening beneath Earth’s surface? (Example Granite)

• Intrusive Rock

• Extrusive Rock

What is it called when the texture of a rock has large crystals scattered on a background of much smaller crystals?

• Porphyritic

• Intrusive

• Extrusive

How are igneous rocks formed?

• From the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface.

• When particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented

  together.

What do we use igneous rocks for?

• Building materials; statues, countertops, cleaning/polishing.

• Flooring, roofing, walkways, and chalkboards

How are Sedimentary rocks formed?

• From the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface.

• Through a process of erosion, deposition, compaction, and cementation (EDCC)

What do we call it when running water or wind loosen and carry away the fragments of rock?

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Compaction

• Cementation

What do we call the process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind carrying it? (Hint: Think Banks!)

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Compaction

• Cementation