The Rock Cycle Quiz

Because the foliated metamorphic rock __________ splits easily into flat pieces, it is used for roofing material.

• marble
• slate
• sandstone

Heat and pressure change the sedimentary rock shale into slate.

• true
• false

Any rock formed when another rock is changed by heat or __________ is a metamorphic rock.

• pressure
• arrangement

Term used to describe metamorphic rocks that have grains arranged in parallel layers or bands.

• exfoliated

• foliated

• nonfoliated

• unfoliated

How do metamorphic rocks form? 

• Heat and Pressure
• Compaction & Cementation
• Cooling of Magma
• Sediments & Glue

Granite forms what type of metamorphic rock?

• slate
• marble
• gneiss
• quartzite

Which of the following best describes the type of environment a metamorphic rock forms in

• High heat, low pressure
• Low heat, high pressure
• High heat, high pressure
• Low heat, low pressure

Which texture best describes the rock above?

• porphyritic 
• nonfoliated
• foliated
• clastic

molten rock below Earth’s surface

• extrusive igneous rock

• intrusive igneous rock

• lava

• magma

rock formed from sediments, organic remains, or chemical precipitates (ex. limestone)

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

• sediment

• soil