Rock Cycle Quiz

What needs to happen at point 3 for igneous rock to transform into sedimentary?

• Weathering and erosion need to wear away the igneous rock, forming particles that will eventually cement into sedimentary rock.

• Low temperatures at the poles need to freeze the igneous rock, cooling and hardening it into extremely dense sedimentary rock.

• Tectonic plates must collide near the igneous rock, driving it under the surface, where it melts into sedimentary rock.

• High pressure needs to compact the igneous rock, eventually melting it and forming sedimentary rock as it cools.

What type of rock is D?

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Oceanic

• Igneous

What type of rock is A?

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Oceanic

How are sedimentary rocks changed into metamorphic rock?

• weathering and erosion

• heat and pressure

• compaction and cementing

• melting and cooling

Igneous rock is formed from cooling magma. Which process will change igneous rock into sedimentary rock?

• heat and pressure

• cooling

• melting

• weathering and erosion

Which of the following directly creates a metamorphic rock such as marble?

• weathering and erosion

• melting and cooling

• heat and pressure

Based on the processes that form it what type of rock is sandstone?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Mineral

Identify #1

• Cools

• Melts

• Compaction and Cementation

• Heat and Pressure

Identify #3

• Weathering and Erosion

• Melts

• Compaction and Cementation

• Heat and Pressure

What are the steps for making sedimentary rock, in order? Erosion, ___________, __________, then ___________.

• Deposition, Compaction, then Cementation

• Compaction, Deposition, then Cementation

• Deposition, Cementation, then Compaction

• Cementation, Compaction, then Deposition