The Rock Cycle

What are the 3 main types of rocks?

• metamorphic, sedimentary, lava
• metamorphic, igneous, sedimentary
• metamorphic, magma, sedimentary

What type of rock is formed due to pressure and heat within the earth?

• igneous
• sedimentary
• metamorphic

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What type of rock is formed when magma from a volcano cools and hardens on the earth's surface?

• sedimentary
• metamorphic
• igneous
• lava

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Which type of rock is formed when smaller parts of older rocks become cemented together?

• igneous
• sedimentary
• pebbles
• metamorphic

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What type of rock are fossils often found in?

• igneous
• metamorphic
• sedimentary
• magma

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The ___________   _______________ is the process of one type of rock transforming into a different type of rock.

• Weathering
• Erosion
• The Rock Cycle

_________________ is the breaking down of rock into smaller pieces of rock.

• erosion
• weathering 
• deposition

Select the three categories Geologists group rocks into. (You will select 3 answers)

• meteor

• igneous

• sedimentary

• asteroid

• metamorphic

Magma erupts from a volcano and cools quickly on the Earth's surface to form

• extrusive igneous rock

• intrusive igneous rock

Magma that cools slowly underneath Earth's surface hardens into

• extrusive igneous rock

• intrusive igneous rock