Rock Quiz

What is sediment?

• Melted lava or magma

• Heat and pressure

• Bits of sand, rock, and minerals

• Layers of rock

How is metamorphic rock formed?

• Layers of sediment hardening

• Already existing rocks change shape through heat and pressure

• Molten lava cools and hardens

• Rocks form in water

Igneous rock is formed when magma cools and hardens.

• True

• False

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All rocks can become all other types of rocks.

• True

• False

Weathering is when rock is deposited at its final resting place, usually at the bottom of a body of water.

• True

• False

When sediment is moved from one place to another, we call it...

• Deposition

• Cementation

• Erosion

• Weathering

Which of these is NOT a type of rock?

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Cementation

Where might you be most likely to find sedimentary rock?

• Volcanoes

• Near water

• Deep in the Earth's crust

• None of these

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Where might you find igneous rock?

• Volcanoes

• Near water

• On top of mountains

• None of the above

Breaking up rock into sediment is known as..

• Weathering

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Cementation