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Worksheetsskylar and meaghan
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
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Class
Date
1.
The Mount Rushmore National Monument is cared from the granite of South Dakota's black hills. what type of rock is granite?
a)
igneous
b)
metamorphic
c)
sedimentary
d)
none of the above
2.
What type of Igneous rock makes up most of the ocean floor?
a)
Basalt
b)
Granite
c)
Lucite
d)
Shale
3.
Some of the rocks that the spires(also known as hoodoos)of Utah's Bryce Canyon are made of are limestone and sandstone. What type of rock is limestone and sandstone?
a)
igneous
b)
metamophic
c)
sedimentary
d)
none of the above
4.
The seated sculpture of President Lincoln inside the Lincoln Memorial was carved out of white Georgia marble. What type of rock is marble?
a)
igneous
b)
metamorphic
c)
sedimentary
d)
none of the above
5.
The interrelationship among the three rock types is identified as which of the following?
a)
the rock cycle
b)
the rock formation
c)
the rock helix
d)
the rock metamorphosis
6.
What happens after sediment in the rock cycle?
a)
melting
b)
cooling
c)
compacting and cementing
d)
weathering and erosion
7.
Identify the series of geologic process that can transform magma into granite, granite into sand, and sand into sandstone.
a)
cooling; weathering and erosion; compacting and cementing.
b)
melting; heat and pressure; and cooling.
c)
weathering and erosion; compacting and cementing; and cooling.
d)
weathering and erosion; compacting and cementation; heat and pressure.
8.
Which characteristic is found in sedimentary rocks?
a)
crystals
b)
fossils
c)
gas bubbles
d)
glassy surface
9.
Identify the series of geologic processes that can transform sandstone into quartzite, quartzite into magma, and magma into rhyolite.
a)
compacting and cementing; heat and pressure; and melting
b)
cooling; melting; and heat and pressure.
c)
melting; heat and pressure; and cooling.
d)
heat and pressure; melting; and cooling.
10.
Identify the series of geologic processes that can transform sediment into shale, shale into slate, and slate into magma.
a)
cooling; melting; and heat and pressure.
b)
compacting and cementing; heat and pressure; and melting.
c)
melting; heat and pressure; and cooling
d)
weathering and erosion; compacting and cementing; and cooling.
11.
What rock type is formed from the slow cooling of magma under the earths surface?
a)
extrusive igneous
b)
intrusive igneous
c)
metamorphic
d)
sediment
12.
What happens before metamorphic rock in the rock cycle?
a)
cooling
b)
heat and pressure
c)
weathering and erosion
d)
melting
13.
Which of the following is not one of the three major class?
a)
igneous
b)
metamorphic
c)
oceanic
d)
sedimentary
14.
What geologic process changes pieces of rock, minerals, and other material into sedimentary rock?
a)
compacting and cementing
b)
cooling
c)
heat and pressure
d)
melting
15.
What geologic process can change granite(igneous rock) into gneiss (metamorphic rock)?
a)
compacting and cementing
b)
cooling
c)
heat and pressure
d)
melting
16.
What rock is formed under the surface of earth and heat and pressure squeezes the rock?
a)
igneous rock
b)
sedimentary rock
c)
metamorphic rock
d)
sandstone
17.
What temperature does rock melt at
a)
3,000
b)
40,990
c)
600 to 1,300
d)
598
18.
What rock has a glassy surface
a)
basalt
b)
glass
c)
obsidian
d)
igneous
19.
What are fossils?
a)
A shiny and smooth surface like colored glass.
b)
small flat surfaces that are shiny or sparkly like tiny mirrors.
c)
imprints of leaves, shells, insects, or other items in the rock.
d)
Individual stones, pebbles or sand grains visible in the rock.
20.
How are sedimentary rocks formed?
a)
heat and pressure
b)
under the earth
c)
compacting and cementing
d)
formed of magma
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