
Earth and Rock Cycle Quiz
Authored by SANDY DESIENO
Science
8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Which of the followig lists the steps an igneous rock undergoes in order to become a sedimentary rock, in the correct order?
Weathering, erosion, deposition, cementation
Deposition, erosion, melting, cooling
Erosion, weathering eruption, cooling
Dissolving, deposition,cooling, compaction
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Which of these processes causes the breakdown of rocks?
Melting
Layering
Cementation
Weathering
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Limestone is a sedimentary rock. During the rock cycle, limestone is changed into marble, a metamorphic rock. The processes that act on limestone and change it into marble are____________.
weathering and erosion
heat and pressure
compacting and cementing
melting, cooling, and hardening
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Which type of rock can change into metamorphic rock?
igneous rock
sedimentary rock
metamorphic rock
all of the above
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
The process in which water, ice, wind and gravity carries particles down and away is called?
layering
erosion
compacting
cementation
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Which type of rock can weather and wear away to form sediment?
all of the below
igneous rock
sedimentary rock
metamorphic rock
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Every year, water fills a small lake in a dry region. After a few weeks, the lake evaporates, leaving behind a thin layer of crystals that form from minerals dissolved in the lake water. Each year, a new layer is added. Which type of rock is MOST likely to be formed by this process?
igneous
metamorphic
volcanic
sedimentary
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