Rock cycle rocks and minerals

What are the 3 major types of rocks?

• Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
• Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation
• Brown, Red, Gray
• Streak, Hardness, Breakage

This rock formed when bits of other rocks became pressed into a solid. What type of rock is it?

• Sedimentary Rock
• Metamorphic Rock
• Igneous Rock

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This rock was formed when molten rock cooled into a solid. What type of rock is it?

• Igneous Rock
• Metamorphic Rock
• Sedimentary Rock

The name of a person that studies rocks and the earth.

• veterinarian

• geologist

• podiatrist

• teacher

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When you watch a volcano erupt molten rock, you are seeing _____

• Lava
• Magma
• Mineral Crystals
• Igneous Rocks

When sediments are pressed together tightly, this is called ____________.

• Compaction
• Cementation
• Weathering
• Erosion

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The process when rocks break into smaller pieces due to exposure to natural elements is called

• erosion
• weathering
• sediments

True or False: Once a rock is sedimentary, it cannot become an igneous rock.

• True
• False

Geologists have classified rocks into three major groups of rocks which are:

• inorganic, organic and chemical rocks

• igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks

• metamorphic, chemical and non chemical rocks

• sedimentary, inorganic and igneous rocks

The process by which metamorphic rock changes to igneous rock begins with

• melting

• erosion

• deposition

• crystallization