The Rock Cycle

What are rocks?

• a type of habitat

• living organisms

• collections of minerals stuck together

Which type of rock forms when other rocks melt, cool, and harden?

• sedimentary

• igneous

• metamorphic

Which type of rock forms when other rocks break into small pieces that get compacted and cemented together?

• sedimentary

• igneous

• metamorphic

Which type of rock forms when heat and pressure change a rock's appearance?

• sedimentary

• igneous

• metamorphic

Tiny pieces that break off of rocks are called

What acts as glue to cement sediment together into rock?

• melted rock

• minerals dissolved in water

• Elmer's Glue

• smaller pieces of sediment

What causes weathering?

• moving water

• plant & animal activity

• Both

Which type of rocks would you most likely find near a volcano?

• sedimentary

• igneous

• metamorphic

What is the difference between magma and lava?

• magma is underground and lava is on Earth's surface

• magma is melted rock and lava is solid rock

• magma is hot and lava is cold

Any type of rock can change into an igneous rock.

• True
• False