Rocks Quiz 2024

What type of rocks are shown in the image below? Some are foliated, others are non-foliated.

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Metamorphic

What is a rock?

• A solid organic substance of natural occurrence on our planet.
• A solid mass of mineral that occurs naturally as part of our planet.
• A solid mas of decaying matter that hardens beneath Earth's surface.

Metamorphic rocks in which magma touches another rock cause contact metamorphism. Marble is made in this way.

• True
• False

A rock formation in a land area contains fossils. Over time, tremendous heat and pressure change the formation to produce a harder rock formation without fossils. Which happened?

• Metamorphic rock has turned into sedimentary rock.

• Igneous rock has turned into metamorphic rock.
• Sedimentary rock has turned into metamorphic rock.

The hiker observes the walls of the canyon. Since you've studied geology you tell her it is...

• Foliated metamorphic rock
• Non-foliated metamorphic rock

What is the name of the process in which igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks are converted into one another in stages?

• rock cycle
• erosion cycle
• magma cycle
• tectonic cycle

How are igneous and sedimentary rocks similar?

• They are both formed by erosion.
• They are both formed from cooled lava.
• They both originated from sediments.

• Heat and pressure can turn them into metamorphic rock.

Which of the responses have the rock samples correctly labeled?

• A is sedimentary B is metamorphic and C is igneous
• A is metamorphic B is igneous and C is sedimentary
• A is igneous B is sedimentary and C is metamorphic

Which of these form beneath Earth's surface?

• magma
• lava

What has to occur to change igneous rock into sediment? Use the diagram of the rock cycle to help you.

• heat and pressure
• weathering, transportation, and deposition
• cooling and solidification
• cementation and compaction