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WorksheetsRock TYPES
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 11mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which of the choices below is NOT one of the three types of rocks?
a)
Metamorphic
b)
Indigenous
c)
Sedimentary
d)
Igneous
2.
What material is used to form igneous rocks?
a)
magma
b)
sand
c)
gravel
d)
fossils
3.
What process is used to form sedimentary rocks?
a)
Lava cools and hardens to form a rock.
b)
Bits of sand and gravel form layers that turn into rock from pressure.
c)
Extreme heat and pressure from inside the Earth turn rocks into new rocks.
d)
Magma trapped under the Earth's surface cools and solidifies.
4.
Which of the words below describe mud, sand, and tiny bits of rocks that cement together to form a type of rock?
a)
stalactites
b)
magmas
c)
metamorphs
d)
sediments
5.
What process is used to form metamorphic rocks?
a)
Lava cools and hardens to form a rock.
b)
Bits of sand and gravel form layers that turn into rock from pressure.
c)
Extreme heat and pressure from inside the Earth turn rocks into new rocks.
6.
What type of rock can turn into a metamorphic rock?
a)
Igneous only
b)
Sedimentary only
c)
Metamorphic only
d)
Any type of rock
7.
Which type of rock would you expect to find by a volcano?
a)
Ingenious
b)
Igneous
c)
Indigenous
d)
Indigo
8.
Which of the following rocks is metamorphic?
a)
Rock 1
b)
Rock 2
c)
Rock 3
d)
Rock 4
9.
How are all rocks related to one another based upon the rock cycle diagram?
a)
Igneous rocks only come from sedimentary and metamorphic rocks
b)
Sedimentary rocks cannot make other sedimentary rocks
c)
All rocks can create any other type of rock
d)
Heat and pressure must be applied to make sedimentary rock
10.
The process by which metamorphic rocks are formed...
a)
heat and pressure
b)
compaction and cementation
c)
melting and cooling
11.
The process by which igneous rocks are formed...
a)
heat and pressure
b)
melting and cooling
c)
compaction and cementation
12.
what is the rock cycle.
a)
molten rock that is stored underground.
b)
rock material that forms where rocks are broken down into smaller pieces.
c)
a process that changes one type of rock into another type of rock.
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