Rocks Review

Which of the following is NOT one of the possible stages in the rock cycle?

• volcanic activity

• erosion

• smelting

• melting

Heat and pressure deep beneath Earth’s surface can change any rock into

• chemical rock

• gemstone

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

Rock that forms from the cooling of magma below the surface or from lava above the surface is called

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

• coarse-grained rock

Generally, a rock is made up of

• large crystals

• a mixture of minerals and other materials

• small crystals

• a compound of several elements

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The process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind carrying it

• compaction

• cementation

• deposition

• erosion

Where does most metamorphic rock form?

• at the surface

• just below the surface

• in ocean waters

• deep underground

Metamorphic rock undergoes melting to become ________.

• sediment

• sedimentary rock

• magma

• igneous rock

When magma cools it forms ________________.

• sediment

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

When igneous rock is weathered and eroded away it becomes _______.---

• magma

• metamorphic rock

• sediment

• sedimentary rock

When sediment is compacted and cemented together it forms _______.

• igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

• magma