Rocks Minerals Test Review 2023

Which type of rocks are formed from the cooling and hardening of magma or lava?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• coral

What are 2 other terms used for the hardening of of magma or lava?

• lithification and

  weathering

• heat and pressure

• evaporates and precipitates

• solidification and crystalization

Solidification means

• to become soft

• to become solid

• to change color

• to become a metamorphic rock

Extrusive ignous rocks

• cool quickly and have large crystals

• cool slowly and have small crystals

• cool quickly and have small or no crystals

• Cool quickly and sometimes have small crystals and sometimes very large crystals

Extrusive igneous rocks form

• on Earth's surface

• inside Earth

• in space

• can form inside Earth or on the surface

Intrusive igneous rocks form

• on Earth's surface

• in space

• inside Earth

• inside Earth or on Earth's surface

Igneous rocks are typically found around

• water

• at convergence plate boundaries

• in space

• volcanoes

Mica is a mineral that splits in flat, smooth sheets. This method of identifying a mineral is called

• color

• hardness

• cleavage

• fracture

Scratching a mineral with a nail can determine its

• color

• hardness

• breakage

• density

When a rock made from magma or lava is broken down into sediments that are compacted and cemented together, the rock becomes

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• granite

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4