WorksheetsThe Rock Cycle
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What rock is made from the cooling of magma and lava
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
2.
What rock is made from Weathering,Erosion,Deposition, Compaction and Cementation
a)
Metamorphic
b)
Igneous
c)
Sedimentary
3.
What rock is made form intense heat and pressure
a)
Metmorphic
b)
Sedimentary
c)
Igneous
4.
Two ways to describe types of igneous rocks are
a)
Extrusive and Intrusive
b)
Foliated and Non-Foliated
c)
Clastic and Biochemical
d)
Black and Gray
5.
The process when rocks break into smaller pieces due to exposure to natural elements is called
a)
erosion
b)
weathering
c)
sediments
6.
What is sedimentary?
a)
Formed by heat and pressure
b)
Formed by heat and cooling
c)
Layered rock formed by compaction
d)
All of the above
7.
What has to increase for metamorphism to occur?
a)
weathering and erosion
b)
temperature and pressure
c)
melting and cooling
d)
compaction ad cementation
8.
What rock family does granite belong to
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic
c)
none of the above
9.
When A rock is broken up into smaller pieces they are called
a)
Deposition
b)
Sediments
c)
Erosion
10.
Which type of rock is found in an area of volcanoes
a)
metamorphic
b)
igneous
c)
sedimentary
11.
Which type of rock is pebbles cemented together
a)
metamorphic
b)
sedimentary
c)
igneous
12.
Tiny bits of weathered rock are called ________
a)
Sediment
b)
basalt
c)
mineral
d)
coal
13.
Sedimentary and igneous rocks go through _____________________________ to become metamorphic rocks.
a)
weathering and erosion
b)
heat and pressure
c)
compacting and cementing
d)
melting and cooling
14.
Each rock type can follow only one pathway of the rock cycle.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
What is deposition?
a)
Pieces of sediment come to rest on a surface
b)
Movement of sediment
c)
Breaking down of sediment
16.
The process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue sediment together.
a)
cementation
b)
deposition
c)
organic rock
17.
Wind, water, ice and gravity carry sediments away
a)
weathering*
b)
deposition
c)
erosion
d)
cementation
18.
The process that presses sediments together
a)
clastic rock
b)
cementation
c)
compaction
d)
deposition
19.
What property of rock is being observed when looking for what color is left after scratching it on a ceramic plate?
a)
hardness
b)
color
c)
cleavage
d)
streak
20.
What property of rock is being observed when looking for whether or not it scratches other minerals?
a)
cleavage
b)
luster
c)
hardness
d)
streak
21.
What property of rock is being observed when looking for how easily it breaks or splits evenly?
a)
cleavage
b)
luster
c)
hardness
d)
streak
22.
What property of rock is being observed when looking at its hue or shade?
a)
streak
b)
hardness
c)
color
d)
luster
23.
Rocks come in many different characteristics like...
a)
color
b)
shape
c)
texture
d)
all of these
24.
A never ending process by which rocks are changed from one type to another.
a)
weathering and erosion
b)
rock cycle
c)
heat and pressure
d)
pressing and cementing
25.
Each rock type can follow only one pathway of the rock cycle.
a)
True
b)
False
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