Types of Rocks Review

If I have a rock with wavy layers, what type of rock is it most likely to be?

• metamorphic

• igneous

• sedimentary

Which type of rock forms from cooling and hardening?

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

What type of rock forms from heat and pressure?

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

What happens when cementation occurs in the rock cycle?

• Sedimentary rocks form

• Metamorphic rocks form

• Igneous rocks form

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Which is the only type of rock that can contain fossils?

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

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__________ rocks have very shiny crystals.

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

Why will intrusive igneous rocks have big mineral grains?

• magma cools very slowly and big crystals form

• there is a lot of heat and pressure added to the rock

• water deposits large minerals near a volcano

• lava cools very quickly on the surface of the Earth

Metamorphic rock is formed from _________.

• melting

• weathering and erosion

• compacting and cementing

• heat and pressure

Igneous rock is formed from ___________,

• cooling of magma or lava

• heat and pressure

• compacting and cementing

• weathering and erosion

Which type of rock will have ribbon-like layers?

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary