P.1 Rock Transformation Test (2025)

A ______________ is one of the many different types of matter that make up rocks.

• matter

• mineral

• metamorphic

• mass

The ability to make things move or change

• energy

• matter

• igneous

• telepathy

How does energy from the Earth's interior (core) transform rock?

• it heats water and air causing it to move and weather rock, creating sediment

• it heats the rock causing it to melt, creating magma.

• it does both of the above

• it does none of the above

Hank passes by a building every day on his way to school. He notices that the rock used to build the walls of the building is a different type than the rock used to build the steps. How could energy have played a role in the different rock types forming?

• Energy from different sources leads to different types of rock. Energy inside Earth melts rock into liquid rock (magma), but energy from the sun causes rock to weather into small pieces of rock (sediment).

• Energy caused one rock type to form, but not the other. Rock that forms because of energy is a different type of rock than rock that forms without energy.

• Energy changes rock in different ways, depending on the starting rock type. Energy changes igneous rock into liquid rock and changes sedimentary rock into small pieces of rock.

• Energy changes rock on different continents in different ways. Each continent on Earth has different rock that might form liquid rock or small rock pieces when exposed to energy.

How could rock from a rock formation turn into sand?

• Rays from the sun shone down on the rock, and it broke into pieces.

• If anything were left out for a long time, it would break into small pieces.

• The sand was formed by earthquakes, tsunamis, and other natural disasters. These disasters were strong enough to break rock into small pieces.

• Wind and rain interacted with the rock, breaking it into small pieces.

One of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth's outer layer

• plate

• crust

• rock formation

• rock materials

The process of sediment being buried and pressed together is called...

• cementation:

• compaction:

• erosion:

• weathering:

A small part, such as a rock from a mountain, that is meant to show what the whole is like is

• atom

• rock formation

• sample

• mineral

Metamorphic rock is formed by heat (not enough to melt it) and pressure, what type of rock can be transformed into metamorphic rock?

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• all of the above

The process of rock breaking down into smaller pieces due to wind or moving water is called ______________.

• weathering

• erosion

• compaction

• cementation