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Worksheets8ES: Chapter 4 - Rocks
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which rock type forms from cooling lava on Earth's surface?
a)
extrusive igneous
b)
intrusive igneous
c)
granite
d)
limestone
2.
Which process squeezes fluids from individual grains?
a)
cementation
b)
compaction
c)
erosion
d)
transportation
3.
Basalt is an example of a(n)
a)
extrusive igneous rock
b)
intrusive igneous rock
c)
metamorphic rock
d)
sedimentary rock
4.
What can be determined by studying the shape of clastic grains?
a)
distance they have been transported
b)
how they were eroded
c)
mineral content of the parent rock
d)
what the parent rock was
5.
What property indicates that this is a biochemical rock?
a)
foliated layers
b)
fossilized shells
c)
large rounded clasts
d)
minerals of different colors
6.
What is true about volcanic glass?
a)
It contains no crystals.
b)
It cools slowly.
c)
It fractures easily.
d)
It is both intrusive and extrusive.
7.
Which characteristics are used to classify a sedimentary rock such as sandstone?
a)
glass content and texture
b)
grain size
c)
luster and hardness
d)
texture and mineral composition
8.
How do metamorphic rocks form?
a)
compaction and cementation
b)
cooling and crystallization
c)
extreme temperature and pressure
d)
weathering and erosion
9.
Which igneous rock cooled slowly?
a)
basalt
b)
granite
c)
obsidian
d)
rhyolite
10.
What is the general term for a rock fragment present in a sedimentary rock?
a)
clast
b)
glass
c)
mineral
d)
pore
11.
What process is occurring in this photo?
a)
cementation
b)
condensation
c)
crystallization
d)
evaporation
12.
Which of the three types of sedimentary rock forms when water in a shallow sea evaporates?
a)
clastic sedimentary rock
b)
chemical sedimentary rock
c)
biochemical sedimentary rock
13.
What rock cycle process is the opposite of crystallization of magma?
a)
weathering and erosion
b)
heat and pressure
c)
uplift
d)
melting
14.
All rock is a natural, solid mixture of
a)
crystals
b)
minerals or grains
c)
compact sediment
15.
Which statement is true of an igneous rock that forms deep beneath Earth’s surface?
a)
It is always light colored.
b)
It will have large crystals.
c)
Its grains will be cemented together.
16.
________ is an extrusive igneous rock.
a)
Pumice
b)
Sandstone
c)
Conglomerate
17.
What is limestone?
a)
a foliated metamorphic rock
b)
a sedimentary rock made of calcite
c)
an igneous rock that formed from lava
18.
________ is a biochemical sedimentary rock.
a)
Chert
b)
Rock salt
c)
Rock gypsum
19.
Clastic sedimentary rocks are classified by the ________ of their clasts.
a)
color
b)
size and shape
c)
silicon content
20.
The rock cycle is
a)
a form of plastic deformation.
b)
the process during which crystallization occurs.
c)
a method of classifying rocks by how they form.
d)
the series of processes that change one type of rock into another.
21.
Metamorphic rocks
a)
form when magma contacts other rocks.
b)
form as the result of melting and cooling.
c)
are always foliated and have a clastic texture.
d)
form as the result of great pressure and/or temperature.
22.
Contact metamorphism occurs when magma
a)
cools.
b)
erupts on Earth's surface.
c)
causes the formation of mountains.
d)
touches existing rock underground.
23.
The layers in schist are the result of
a)
solidification of magma.
b)
cooling and crystallization.
c)
pressure on an existing rock.
d)
cementation and compaction.
24.
________ occurs as the result of pressure on loose sediment.
a)
Compaction
b)
Cementation
c)
Crystallization
d)
Metamorphism
25.
Regional metamorphism is the formation of metamorphic rock
a)
underground.
b)
inside volcanoes.
c)
over very large areas.
d)
when magma touches water.
26.
Which process does NOT occur during the rock cycle?
a)
faulting
b)
evaporation
c)
crystallization
d)
plastic deformation
27.
Which statement is true of igneous and metamorphic rocks?
a)
form from hot, melted materials
b)
always have interlocking mineral grains
c)
involve cementation and compaction of minerals
d)
form as the result of changes in pressure and temperature
28.
Which substance forms from organic remains?
a)
coal
b)
breccia
c)
rock gypsum
d)
conglomerate
29.
In which environment would sedimentary rocks most likely form?
a)
close to a magma chamber
b)
in a body of water on Earth's surface
c)
in an area undergoing mountain building
d)
near rocks exposed to plastic deformation
30.
Which substances would NOT likely be present in a sedimentary rock?
a)
bits of basalt
b)
rounded clasts
c)
pieces of organic remains
d)
minerals formed at high temperatures
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