Earth and Rock Cycle Quiz

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

Which of these processes causes the breakdown of rocks?

• Melting

• Layering

• Cementation

• Weathering

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

Which type of rock can change into metamorphic rock?

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• all of the above

The process in which water, ice, wind and gravity carries particles down and away is called?

• layering

• erosion

• compacting

• cementation

Which type of rock can weather and wear away to form sediment?

• all of the below

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

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

A sedimentary rock is most likely to form

• in the Earth's mantle

• inside a volcano

• under moving water

• on a mountain peak

Which layer is divided into pieces called tectonic plates?

• Lithosphere

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

Which kind of rock can weather and wear away to form sediment?

• igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

• all of the above