Rock Cycle

This rock was formed by smaller pieces of rock that settled at the bottom of a lake millions of years ago. The sediments were compacted and cemented together. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

The three groups of rocks are classified by

• How they form
• Color
• Grain size
• Chemical Composition

How can a metamorphic rock become an igneous rock?

• If the rock passes through a rainbow it will become igneous.

• If it falls into a river it will become igneous.

• If it turns into a fossil it will become igneous.

• If a rock melts and cools it will become igneous.

The continuous process in which one type of rock changes into another type.

• fossil

• rock cycle

• magma

• rock slide

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A rock that is changed by heat and pressure deep inside Earth.

• sedimentary rock

• fossil

• metamorphic rock

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For any rock to become igneous rock, it must first melt to become magma, then cool to form igneous rock.

• True

• False

Geologists have classified rocks into three major groups of rocks which are:

• inorganic, organic and chemical rocks

• igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks

• metamorphic, chemical and non chemical rocks

• sedimentary, inorganic and igneous rocks

The name of a person that studies rocks and the earth.

• veterinarian

• geologist

• podiatrist

• teacher

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When you watch a volcano erupt molten rock, you are seeing _____

• Lava
• Magma
• Mineral Crystals
• Igneous Rocks

The process when rocks break into smaller pieces due to exposure to natural elements is called

• erosion
• weathering
• sediments

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