Types of Rocks and Rock Cycle

Which of the following processes involve transformation, destruction and generation of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks?

• Water Cycle

• Carbon - Oxygen Cycle

• Rock Cycle

• Nitrogen Cycle

What is the building blocks of rocks?

• Carbon

• Mineral

• Nitrogen

• Sand

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Which type of rock is formed when heated and compressed over time?

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• All of these

Which rock type is formed from hardened magma beneath the Earth’s surface?

• Intrusive metamorphic rock

• Extrusive sedimentary rock

• Intrusive igneous rock

• Extrusive igneous rock

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What is the type of rock formed from lava that cools quickly that results to

finer grain and smaller size of crystals?

• Extrusive igneous rock

• Intrusive igneous rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

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Igneous and metamorphic rock can be buried and undergo tremendous

heating and stress. What is the process of transformation of one rock type

into another?

• Compaction

• Lithification

• Metamorphism

• Weathering

Igneous rock is divided into two groups, extrusive and intrusive. Extrusive igneous

rocks form when magma makes its way to its surface as lava and the cools

forming rocks. Which will be the characteristics of the crystals?

• Crystals are very large.

• Crystals are phaneritic.

• Crystals are fine grained.

• Crystals are coarse grained.

Rocks vary in color, size, texture and shape. They are classified based

on how they were formed. Which of the following deals with the study of

rocks?

• Biology

• Geology

• Paleontology

• Petrology

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A type of Igneous Rock also referred to as "Plutonic Rock"

• Extrusive Igneous Rock

• Intrusive Igneous Rock

• Volcanic Igneous Rock

• Both a & b

Halite is made when a body of seawater becomes closed off and evaporates

and salt precipitates out and is deposited as crystallized halite. What type of

sedimentary rock is formed?

• Clastic

• Chemical

• Organic

• Pyroclastic

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