WorksheetsRocks & the Rock Cycle
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How did the humans use rocks in the past?
a)
to play sports
b)
to tell time
c)
to write
d)
to make tools
2.
which of the following does NOT cause magma to form?
a)
an increase in pressure
b)
a rise in temperature
c)
change in the composition in rock
d)
a decrease in pressure on rock
3.
Sedimentary rock is formed through the process of
a)
Cementation
b)
Stratification
c)
Erosion
d)
Foliation
4.
What has to increase for metamorphism to occur?
a)
weathering and erosion
b)
temperature and pressure
c)
melting and cooling
d)
compaction ad cementation
5.
What is process in which water, wind, and heat break down rock?
a)
weathering
b)
exfoliation
c)
cementation
d)
composition
6.
When magma cools quickly, what kind of texture does rock have?
a)
coarse grained
b)
large grained
c)
medium grained
d)
fine grained
7.
What are the main categories of sedimentary rock?
a)
extrusive and intrusive
b)
clastic, chemical, & organic
c)
felsic and mafic
d)
foliated and non-foliated
8.
When temperature and pressure change, what can happen to the minerals in rocks?
a)
they stay the same
b)
they change into coal
c)
they change into minerals that are less stable
d)
they change into minerals that are more stable
9.
During the rock cycle, what forms when the magma cools?
a)
igneous rocks
b)
sedimentary rock
c)
metamorphic rock
d)
foliated rock
10.
During the rock cycle, what forms when the magma cools?
a)
igneous rocks
b)
sedimentary rock
c)
metamorphic rock
d)
foliated rock
11.
What do scientists call the rock that is formed when magma cools below the surface
a)
extrustive igneous rock
b)
intrustive igneous rock
c)
erupitve rock
d)
volcanic
12.
Besides clastic and chemical, what is the other kind of sedimentary rock?
a)
extrusive
b)
foliated
c)
organic
d)
intrusive
13.
What kind of metamorphic rock has its minerals grains arranged in planes or bands?
a)
extrustive
b)
foliated
c)
non-foliated
d)
intrusive
14.
Besides texture, how else are rocks classified?
a)
by the amount of foliation
b)
by their grain size
c)
by grain shape
d)
by their composition
15.
The process in which rocks change shape is called...
a)
deformation
b)
deposition
c)
composition
d)
foliation
16.
naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals and organic matter
a)
deposion
b)
erosion
c)
rock
d)
rock cycle
17.
process in which sediment is dropped and comes to rest
a)
deposition
b)
erosion
c)
rock
d)
rock cyle
18.
process by which new rock is made from old rock
a)
rock
b)
texture
c)
rock cycle
d)
composition
19.
the quality of a rock based on size and shape of their mineral grains
a)
rock
b)
texture
c)
rock cycle
d)
composition
20.
process by which sediment is removed from its source
a)
deposition
b)
erosion
c)
rock
d)
texture
21.
the chemical makeup of a rock
a)
rock
b)
texture
c)
rock cycle
d)
composition
22.
Metamorphic rock in which minerals are NOT arranged in bands
a)
stratification
b)
non-foliated
c)
extrusive igneous rock
d)
strata
23.
layers of rock found in sedimentary rock
a)
non-foliated
b)
extrusive igneous rock
c)
strata
d)
intrusive igneous rock
24.
rock that cools at the Earth's surface
a)
non-foliated
b)
extrusive igneous rock
c)
strata
d)
intrusive
25.
process in which layers in sedimentary rock are formed
a)
stratification
b)
non-foliated
c)
extrusive igneous rock
d)
strata
26.
rock that cools below the Earth's surface
a)
non-foliated
b)
extrusive igneous rock
c)
strata
d)
intrusive igneous rock
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