Science Earth's Materials Quiz

How are rocks classified?

• Based on mineral composition and texture

• According to their age
• By weight and size
• Based on color alone

How are igneous rocks formed?

• Melting and cooling of magma, lava or other rocks that were melted deep within the Earth.

• Low heat and pressure
• Only chemically inactive fluids
• No heat or pressure

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Igneous rocks are considered the beginning of the rock cycle because they start when what cools and crystallizes.

• Magma
• Water
• Volcanoes
• Lava

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What is needed for metamorphic rock to form?

• Low pressure and high temperature
• Submersion in water
• Exposure to sunlight
• High heat and pressure

The  Rock Cycle is

• The cycle where rocks are formed, broken down and changed into new rocks

• A transformation of rocks into food
• A cycle where rocks turn into animals
• A process where rocks are formed from clouds

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Sedimentary Rock is:

• Rock formed from metamorphic processes
• Rock formed when particles of other rocks are deposited in layers and cemented together.

• Rock formed from volcanic eruptions
• Rock formed from organic remains

Metamorphic Rock is:

• Rock formed by wind erosion
• Rock created by volcanic activity
• Rock formed underground due to heat and pressure

• Rock shaped by water erosion

 Igneous rocks that cool slowly under the Earth’s surface are...

• intrusive igneous rocks
• metamorphic rocks
• sedimentary rocks
• extrusive igneous rocks

Diorite and Granite are examples of what type of rock?

• intrusive igneous rocks

• metamorphic rocks
• sedimentary rocks
• extrusive igneous rocks

Basalt and Obsidian are examples of what type of rock?

• Intrusive Igneous rocks

• Volcanic rocks
• Extrusive igneous rocks

• Sedimentary rocks