Rocks and Fossils Assessment Review

Which type of rock is formed when one type of rock changes into another from high temperature and pressure?

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

Which type of rock is formed when particles combine together?

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

When does organic sedimentary rock form?

• When magma cools and solidifies

• When minerals are twisted into a new arrangement

• When remains of plants and or animals are cemented together

Granite is coarse-grained, as shown below. Coarse-grained is a description of a rock's ________.

• composition

• strata

• texture

Which type of rock can change into metamorphic rock?

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• All of the above

Which of the following is used to classify metamorphic rock?

• Extrusive or intrusive

• Clastic or chemical

• foliated or nonfoliated

The layering that occurs in sedimentary rock is called

• crystallization

• stratification

• foliation

____________ igneous rock is cooled slowly inside Earth's surface.

• Intrusive

• Extrusive

• Clastic

A solid mixture of crystals and one or more minerals is a

• fossil

• rock

• sediment

Pumice, a type of pyroclastic material that cooled and hardened around trapped air bubbles as it flew through the air, is an example of

• clastic sedimentary rock

• intrusive igneous rock

• extrusive igneous rock