Types of Rock Quiz

What type of rock is formed from the cooling and solidification of lava or magma?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• None of the above

Which type of rock is formed by the accumulation and compression of sediments over time?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• None of the above

What type of rock is formed from the alteration of existing rocks due to heat and pressure?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• None of the above

Fossils are often found in which type of rock?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• None of the above

Which type of rock is most likely to contain layers or strata?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• None of the above

What type of rock is formed when limestone undergoes intense heat and pressure?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• None of the above

How are sedimentary rocks typically formed?

• By the cooling and solidification of lava or magma

• By the alteration of existing rocks due to heat and pressure

• By the accumulation and compression of sediments over time

• None of the above

Granite is an example of which type of rock?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• None of the above

What is a fossil?

• Rocks with nice colours.

• Remains of living things that have been turned into rock.

• Bones left over from a meal.

• Rocks that come from a meal.

What is erosion?

• The movement of rocks and sediments from one place to another
  

• The process of rocks breaking down into smaller pieces

• The wearing away of rocks by wind, water, or ice

• The deposition of sediments to form new rocks