Types of Rocks Quiz

What type of rock forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together?

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Lava

Which type of rock forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions?

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Lava

What type of rock forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface?

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Erosion

What are small pieces of rock, soil, and other materials called?

• Sediments

• Magma

• Lava

• Cementation

What is the process by which sediments are pressed together under their own weight?

• Erosion

• Compaction

• Weathering

• Melting

What is the process in which minerals precipitate into pore spaces between sediment grains and bind sediments together to form rock?

• Erosion

• Cementation

• Deposition

• Melting

Which two forces work together to transform rocks deep inside Earth's crust?

• Cooling and hardening

• Heat and pressure

• Erosion and weathering

• Compaction and cementation

What is the change from a solid to a liquid called?

• Cooling

• Melting

• Erosion

• Deposition

What happens when magma rises from deep inside Earth and cools as it reaches the surface?

• It forms sedimentary rock

• It forms metamorphic rock

• It forms igneous rock

• It forms lava

What is the breaking down of rocks and other materials on the Earth's surface called?

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Deposition

• Compaction