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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
True or False: Rocks can change only by melting.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
Rocks formed from other rocks due to heat and pressure
a)
liquidation
b)
metamorphic
c)
sedimentation
d)
extrusivism
3.
When rock melts it turns into
a)
mush
b)
magma
c)
metamorphs
d)
magnetic
4.
When magma rises from deep within the earth and explodes out of a volcano, it is called
a)
magma
b)
sediments
c)
metallic
d)
lava
5.
Rock that cools quickly on the surface is called rock.
a)
extrusive metamorphic
b)
intrusive metamorphic
c)
extrusive igneous
d)
intrusive igneous
6.
Magma cools, but at a much slower rate than lava erupting from a volcano. The kind of rock formed in this way is called rock. It intrudes, or pushes, into the earth's interior and cools beneath the surface.
a)
extrusive metamorphic
b)
intrusive metamorphic
c)
extrusive igneous
d)
intrusive igneous
7.
small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or living things
a)
sediment
b)
elements
c)
pavement
d)
intrusives
8.
This process of compacting and cementing sediment forms ______________ rock.
a)
igneous
b)
metamorphic
c)
sedimentary
9.
What process can turn obsidian (igneous rock) into sediment?
a)
heat and pressure
b)
weathering and erosion
c)
melting
d)
compacting and cementing
10.
What process turns gneiss (metamorphic rock) into magma?
a)
heat and pressure
b)
weathering and erosion
c)
melting
d)
compaction and cementation
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