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WorksheetsRock Cycle (Gizmo)
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which is NOT a type of rock?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Lithification
d)
Metamorphic
2.
How does an igneous rock turn into a metamorphic rock?
a)
weathering and erosion
b)
heat and pressure
c)
melting
d)
cooling and crystalization
3.
How does a sedimentary rock turn into a metamorphic rock?
a)
weathering and erosion
b)
heat and pressure
c)
melting
d)
cooling and crystalization
4.
Magma turns into igneous rock.
a)
cooling and crystalization
b)
melting
c)
deposition
d)
weathering and erosion
5.
Igneous rock turns into sediment.
a)
cooling and crystalization
b)
melting
c)
deposition and cementation
d)
weathering and erosion
6.
Only one type of rock is formed from magma cooling:
a)
Igneous
b)
Sedimentary
c)
Metamorphic
d)
Lithic
7.
Which type of rock can turn back into magma?
a)
Igneous
b)
Sedimentary
c)
Metamorphic
d)
All of the rocks can
8.
Which type of rock can be weathered and eroded into sediment?
a)
Igenous
b)
Sedimentary
c)
Metamorphic
d)
All of the rocks can
9.
Which type of rocks can be turned into metamorphic rock?
a)
Igneous
b)
Sedimentary
c)
Both can
10.
Which gets deposited? (I am being picky about the answer)
a)
Igneous rock
b)
Sediment
c)
Metamorphic rock
d)
Sedimentary rock
11.
Every rock on Earth has gone through all the steps in the rock cycle?
a)
True
b)
False
12.
A rock may become only one type and remain that way for billions of years.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
A rock may transition between all three types of rock only to be melted and start the rock cycle all over again.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
How does sediment become a rock?
a)
compaction and cementation
b)
heat
c)
melting
d)
cooling and crystallization
15.
For the most part, moving between the different steps of the rock cycle occur during:
a)
minutes
b)
days
c)
years
d)
thousands or millions of years
16.
Magma that cools underground, slowly forming large mineral crystals: ___. Magma that erupts from the surface and cools quickly in Earth's atmosphere forming small crystals: ___.
a)
extrusive igneous rock / intrusive igneous rock
b)
intrusive igneous rock / extrusive igneous rock
17.
The entirety of this cycle could occur in one day. Two parts of this cycle could occur over thousands of years.
a)
water cycle / rock cycle
b)
rock cycle / water cycle
c)
carbon cycle / water cycle
18.
Magma turns into intrusive igneous rock, which turns into metamorphic rock, which turns into soil
a)
cooling and crystalization underground, heat and pressure, erosion and weathering
b)
melting, erosion and weathering, heat and pressure
c)
heat and pressure, erosion and weathering, heat and pressure
d)
cooling and crystallization above ground, erosion and weathering, heat and pressure
19.
Metamorphic rock turns into sediment, which turns into sedimentary rock, which turns into magma
a)
weathering and erosion, compaction and cementation, melting
b)
heat and pressure, weathering and erosion, melting
c)
heat and pressure, melting, cooling and crystallization
20.
Which is NOT involved in the rock cycle?
a)
liquid water
b)
water freezing
c)
wind
d)
all are involved
21.
Which is NOT involved in the rock cycle?
a)
melting and cooling
b)
weathering and erosion
c)
compaction and cementation
d)
boiling
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