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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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Class
Date
1.
The melting of metamorphic or igneous rocks form what substance?
a)
Lave
b)
Magma
c)
Pebbles
d)
Sediment
2.
What geologic process can change igneous rock into metamorphic rock?
a)
Compacting and cementing
b)
Cooling
c)
Heat and pressure
d)
Melting
3.
Which of these statements is true?
a)
Rocks can only change on the Earth's surface.
b)
Rocks can change from one type to another.
c)
Rocks can only change inside the Earth.
d)
Rocks never change.
4.
Which geologic process turns sediments into a sedimentary rock?
a)
Weathering and erosion
b)
Melting and cooling
c)
Heat and pressure
d)
Compacting and cementing
5.
Which characteristic is found in sedimentary rocks?
a)
Crystals
b)
Fossils
c)
Gas bubbles
d)
Glassy surface
6.
Some of the rocks that the spires (also known as hoodoos) of Utah's Bryce Canyon are made ofare limestone and sandstone. What type of rock is limestone and sandstone?
a)
Igneous
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Sedimentary
d)
none of these
7.
What type of igneous rock makes up most of the ocean floor?
a)
Basalt
b)
Granite
c)
Lucite
d)
Shale
8.
Which geologic process turns sedimentary rock into magma?
a)
Cooling
b)
Heat and pressure
c)
Melting
d)
Weathering and erosion
9.
Which characteristic is common to metamorphic rocks?
a)
Fossils
b)
Gas bubbles
c)
Glassy surface
d)
Ribbon-like layers
10.
How are sediments formed?
a)
Compacting and cementing
b)
Weathering and erosion
c)
Melting and cooling
d)
Heat and pressure
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