Non-Fiction Interpretive Question Types

What might sedimentary rock be made of? Select all.

• mud

• shells

• dirt

• rocks

What are the three categories of rocks?

• Igneous Rock - Formed from cooled magma

• Sedimentary Rock - Formed from many different materials

• Metamorphic Rock - Formed from pressure and heat

• Sedimentary Rock - Formed from pressure and heat

Reorder the following sentences to match the order of the paragraphs in the text.

• There are three types of rocks; igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary.

• The rock cycle is different from the life cycle of plants and animals.

• Igneous rocks are formed from cooled magma.

• Sedimentary rocks are formed from many materials.

• Metamorphic rocks are formed from heat and pressure.

What is a similarity between metamorphic and igneous rocks?

• They are both grainy like sand

• They are both very smooth

• They are formed with heat

• They are both formed from magma

What is the order of the rock cycle?

• Metamorphic, then igneous, then sedimentary

• Igneous, then metamorphic, then sedimentary

• Sedimentary, then metamorphic, then igneous

• There is no rock cycle order

What is different about sedimentary and metamorphic rocks?

• metamorphic rocks are made of one material, sedimentary are made of many materials

• metamorphic rocks crumble easily, sedimentary rocks are very hard

• Sedimentary rocks crumble easily, metamorphic rocks are very hard

• metamorphic rocks are made of one material, sedimentary are made of many materials

How is obsidian formed?

• From metamorphic rock

• From many different materialsq

• From cooled magma

• From igneous rock

What is the process that could turn a metamorphic rock into igneous rock?

• Exposure to intense pressure

• Being broken up in a river or stream

• Being covered by many other rocks

• heating into magma and then cooling

Marble is a rock with many layers, that is hard and smooth. What type of rock is marble?

• Basalt

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

What is the rock cycle?

• A process where rocks only change once

• A process where rocks go through different stages over time

• A process where rocks stay the same over time

• A process where rocks only change due to weathering