Rocks Quiz

What are the three different types of rock?

• quartz

• metamorphic

• minerals

• sedimentary

• igneous

Rocks are made up of one or more ________.

• plants

• minerals

• animals

• people

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__________ rock forms when sand, particles or rock, bits of soil and remains of once-living things are pressed together and hardened

• igenous

• bedrock

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

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___________ and ____________ are two types of sedimentary rocks.

• limestone and sandstone

• obsidian and basalt

• basalt and granite

• marble and granite

__________________ rocks form when melted rock from deep below the Earth's surface cools and hardens.

• bedrock

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

__________ rocks form when existing rocks are changed by extreme heat and pressure.

• metamorphic

• igenous

• sedimentary

• bedrock

____________ and ___________ are metamorphic rocks.

• granite and basalt

• gneiss and slate

• obsidian and conglomerate

• shale and limestone

(a)   rocks are formed when magma or lava, cools and hardens

(a)   rocks form when layers of soil, rock, and sand are pressed together until they form rock

(a)   rocks are formed by other rocks that have been changed.