Rock Cycle

What are the three types of rocks that are part of the rock cycle?

• Hard, soft, and brittle

• Sand, stone, and volcanic

• Dactylic, iambic, and spondaic

• Igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary

What do you need in order for igneous rock to form?

• A volcano

• A mountain

• A glacier

• A canyon

What do granite and basalt have in common?

• They're sedimentary rocks

• They're metamorphic rocks

• They're igneous rocks

• They're formed by erosion

What is the difference between magma and lava?

• Magma is very hot, lava is cool.

• Magma is molten rock within the earth; lava is molten rock on the earth's surface.

• Magma is molten rock on the earth's surface; lava is molten rock within the earth.

• Magma is cool, lava is very hot.

Which of these is a sedimentary rock?

• Granite

• Obsidian

• Sandstone

• Quartzite

What can you infer about metamorphic rocks from their name?

• They form deep within the earth

• They form on the earth's surface

• They form under heat and pressure

• They have changed in some way

Where might you find mountains of metamorphic rock?

• Near volcanoes

• At the boundaries between tectonic plates

• Buried under bodies of water

• Near any landscape that has been eroded

What has to happen to sediment in order for it to become sedimentary rock?

• It has to bond and harden

• It has to be buried deep within the earth

• It has to be around a volcanic eruption

• It has to be washed away by wind and rain

Sedimentary rock is most similar to which of the following?

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When does a sedimentary rock become a metamorphic rock?

• When it's left alone over a long period of time

• When it erupts out of a volcano

• When its sediments bond together

• When it's subjected to intense heat and pressure