Rock Cycle and Fossil Types

What type of rock goes through the process of cementing and compaction?

• sediment

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

What type of rock starts as magma that cools and hardens to form this rock type?

• sediment

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

What type of rock type is formed by heat and pressure?

• sediment

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

When a rock goes through the process of weathering, what does it become?

• sediment

• magma

• heat

• pressure

Before an igneous rock forms it is first what molten material?

• sediment

• magma

• heat

• pressure

Which 2 things are needed to form a metamorphic rock?

• sediment

• magma

• heat

• pressure

What type of fossil is a left behind clue of organisms in the past like footprints, nests, burrows, and even poop?

• trace fossil

• cast fossil

• mold fossil

• true form (body) fossil

What type of fossil forms when minerals or sediment fill in a mold fossil?

• trace fossil

• cast fossil

• mold fossil

• true form (body) fossil

What type of fossil is an actual part of an organism preserved from the past?

• trace fossil

• cast fossil

• mold fossil

• true form (body) fossil

What type of fossil forms when an organism decays away leaving an empty impression in rock of what the organism looked like?

• trace fossil

• cast fossil

• mold fossil

• true form (body) fossil