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WorksheetsRocks, Minerals, & Rock Cycle MA #3
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A great deal of the Blue Ridge was eroded. The eroded rock eventually settled in Virginia's coastal plain. What process caused this?
a)
deposition
b)
volcanism
2.
This feature of Earth's crust is most often the result of weathering and erosion by water. What landform is shown in the image is a result of weathering and erosion by water?
a)
canyon
b)
valley
3.
Water freezes in the cracks of rocks and then expands, breaking the rocks apart. Which type of weathering is the image an example of?
a)
chemical
b)
physical
4.
According to the model, which of the following processes forms metamorphic rock?
a)
melting into magma followed by crystallization
b)
weathering, erosion & deposition
c)
heat & pressure
d)
compaction & cementation
5.
Once sediments are weathered and eroded, which processes form sedimentary rock?
a)
magma cools down quickly and crystallizes
b)
magma cools down slowly and crystallizes
c)
sediments are deposited, compressed and cemented into layers
d)
sediments are heated and pressurized
6.
Which of the following processes/forces show a possible path in the rock cycle?
a)
sediments to sedimentary rock to heat and pressure to metamorphic rock
b)
magma to sedimentary rock to magma
c)
metamorphic rock to magma to metamorphic rock
d)
magma to metamorphic rock to sediments to igneous rock
7.
According to the model of the rock cycle, which of the following statements is true?
a)
All rocks can change into any other type of rock.
b)
Metamorphic rocks can only become igneous rocks.
c)
Metamorphic rocks can only become sedimentary rocks.
d)
Igneous rocks can only become magma.
8.
Look closely at the rock cycle above. Imagine a rock that forms just outside of the igneous intrusion at step D.Based on how and where this rock is formed it is most likely:
a)
Igneous: formed outside the igneous intrusion.
b)
Igneous: formed as the lava moved through the existing bedrock.
c)
Sedimentary: formed from cooled crystals forming slowly in layers.
d)
Metamorphic: formed outside the igneous intrusion; re-crystallization.
9.
Which of the following physical properties makes metals a useful resource?
a)
Reacitivity to acids
b)
Flammability
c)
Conducts electricity
d)
all of the above
10.
When is a mineral classified as an ore?
a)
If it is rare and valuable.
b)
If it can be used as jewelry.
c)
If it is profitable and useful.
d)
If it is solid and natural.
11.
Based on the table below, which mineral is the hardest?
a)
galena
b)
hematite
c)
magnetite
d)
they are all the same hardness
12.
a)
x, w, y, z
b)
x, y, w, z
c)
z, y, w, x
d)
z, w, y, x
13.
Which geological processes created this landform?
a)
weathering, erosion & deposition
b)
earthquake activity
c)
volcano activity
d)
compaction and cementation of sediments
14.
According to the model, which of the following processes would best explain the relationship between metamorphic rock becoming an igneous rock?
a)
melting into magma and crystallization
b)
uplift and exposure
c)
weathering into sediments and deposition
d)
lithification and metamorphism
15.
Glass-like
Found on beach
Black and shiny
No visible grains or crystals
No visible banding or layers
On a class trip to the coast, you and your lab partner find a rock in the spot marked in red on the diagram above. You show your teacher the rock and he tells you to try to figure out what kind of rock it is by the composition and the way it has formed. You and your partner examine the rock. You make a list of observations, written above. What is an obvious choice and why?
Found on beach
Black and shiny
No visible grains or crystals
No visible banding or layers
On a class trip to the coast, you and your lab partner find a rock in the spot marked in red on the diagram above. You show your teacher the rock and he tells you to try to figure out what kind of rock it is by the composition and the way it has formed. You and your partner examine the rock. You make a list of observations, written above. What is an obvious choice and why?
a)
Marble: a metamorphic rock that often contains quartz.
b)
Halite: a sedimentary rock made of salt and it is an evaporite.
c)
Sandstone: a sedimentary rock; large grains (up to 2mm), at beach, fossils.
d)
Obsidian: an igneous rock often found in coastal areas, quickly cooled lava from volcanoes.
16.
_____________ are caused by earth's internal heat sources,known as convection currents and can be found at divergent and convergent boundaries. They are considered _________________ when the event is explosive and causes changes to the landscape.
a)
Hurricanes; constructive
b)
Volcanoes; destructive
c)
Earthquakes; destructive
d)
Tsunamis; constructive
17.
Volcanic eruptions can be constructive because they add new rock to existing land. Magma from the mantle rises to Earth's surface and flows out an opening called a vent. Which of the following letters in the model above best identifies the formation of new rock, which constructively changes the landscape?
a)
A and B
b)
C and D
c)
A and F
d)
C and B
18.
Which of the following is an example of a chemical property?
a)
The luster of a substance.
b)
The texture of a substance.
c)
The density of a substance.
d)
The reactivity of acids to a substance.
19.
Many of Earth's resources have properties that make them important and useful. The ability to burn to produce energy is an important property of which of the following?
a)
minerals
b)
ores
c)
fossil fuels
d)
physical properties
20.
Which of the following statements is TRUE?
a)
All minerals are made of rocks.
b)
All rocks are made of minerals.
c)
Rocks and minerals are the same.
d)
All of the above.
21.
Which of the minerals could not be scratched by the other minerals?
a)
Plagioclase Feldspar
b)
Quartz
c)
Calcite
d)
Muscovite Mica
22.
How do wind and water change rocks over time?
a)
They add minerals to rocks.
b)
They change the shape of the rocks.
c)
They increase the mass of the rocks.
d)
They build up the rocks with small sand particles.
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