WorksheetsMetamorphic Rocks
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 37mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What forces form metamorphic rocks?
a)
Heat & Pressure
b)
Burial/Compaction/Cementing
c)
Molten rock cooling
d)
Minerals forming from evaporation
2.
Which type of rock is made from a rock being changed by heat and pressure?
a)
Smooshed Rock
b)
igneous
c)
metamorphic
d)
sedimentary
32.
Igneous and metamorphic rocks go through ____________________________ to become sediment.
a)
weathering and erosion
b)
heat and pressure
c)
melting and cooling
d)
compacting and cementing
4.
If you dig below the surface of the Earth, the most common rock(s) IN Earth's crust are:
a)
Igneous
b)
Sedimentary
c)
Metamorphic
d)
Igneous and Metamorphic
5.
Marble is formed from what sedimentary rock?
a)
Limestone
b)
Granite
c)
Shale
d)
Conglomerate
6.
What force is associated with Contact Metamorphism?
a)
Heat
b)
Pressure
7.
If a Metamorphic rock has layers, what is it?
a)
Foliated
b)
Nonfoliated
8.
What is this rock?
a)
Foliated
b)
Nonfoliated
9.
What sedimentary rock forms Slate?
a)
Sandstone
b)
Limestone
c)
Quartzite
d)
Shale
10.
Where does the heat that causes metamorphism come from?
a)
core
b)
mantle and magma
c)
fire
11.
Morph means what?
a)
change
b)
alter
c)
switch
d)
rearrange
12.
How is a sedimentary rock made?
a)
By intense heat and/or pressure
b)
By compacting and cementing
c)
Cooling and solidification of lava or magma
13.
How is a igneous rock made?
a)
By intense heat and/or pressure
b)
By compacting and cementing
c)
Cooling and solidification of lava or magma
14.
Do metamorphic rocks change names based on how much pressure or heat happens to them?
a)
Yes
b)
No
15.
Only igneous rocks can be changed into metamorphic rock
a)
True
b)
False
16.
The deeper a rock is buried, the greater the pressure is on it
a)
True
b)
False
17.
Minerals can actually be changed into other minerals under great heat and pressure
a)
True
b)
False
18.
Metamorphic rocks that have grains arranged in parallel layers or bands are called...
a)
Foliated
b)
Nonfoliated
19.
Metamorphic rocks that have grains arranged randomly are called...
a)
Foliated
b)
Nonfoliated
20.
Some of the uses for metamorphic rock are...
a)
buildings
b)
sculptures
c)
flooring
d)
all of these
21.
Which of these is a metamorphic rock?
a)
pumice
b)
sandstone
c)
slate
d)
coal
22.
Which texture best describes the rock above?
a)
porphyritic
b)
nonfoliated
c)
foliated
d)
clastic
23.
A metamorphic rock can become ______.
a)
igneous
b)
metamorphic
c)
sedimentary
d)
all of these
24.
Identify the texture of this metamorphic rock.
a)
Foliated
b)
Nonfoliated
25.
Identify the texture of this metamorphic rock.
a)
Foliated
b)
Nonfoliated
26.
Identify the texture of this metamorphic rock.
a)
Foliated
b)
Nonfoliated
27.
What forces form sedimentary rocks?
a)
Heat & Pressure
b)
Burial/Compaction/Cementing
c)
Molten rock cooling
d)
Minerals forming from evaporation
28.
What forces form Igneous rocks?
a)
Heat & Pressure
b)
Burial/Compaction/Cementing
c)
Molten rock cooling
d)
Minerals forming from evaporation
29.
Which type of rock is made from lava cooling on Earth's surface?
a)
igneous
b)
lava rock
c)
metamorphic
d)
sedimentary
30.
Which type of rock is made by small bits of rock, mud, or sand compacted and cemented together?
a)
Coal
b)
igneous
c)
metamorphic
d)
sedimentary
31.
Which type of rock is made from magma cooling inside Earth?
a)
cool rock
b)
igneous
c)
metamorphic
d)
sedimentary
32.
Igneous and metamorphic rocks go through ____________________________ to become sediment.
a)
weathering and erosion
b)
heat and pressure
c)
melting and cooling
d)
compacting and cementing
33.
The rock cycle is a
a)
Short process
b)
Long process
c)
No one knows because rocks don't change
34.
Weathering and erosion is the process of breaking down and moving sediments by wind or water. Which of the following is NOT an example of that.
a)
Sediments being deposited/dropped at the bottom of a river
b)
waves on a beach
c)
wind
d)
ice/glaciers moving over the land
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