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Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This rock formed when bits of other rocks became pressed into a solid. What type of rock is it?
a)
Sedimentary Rock
b)
Metamorphic Rock
c)
Igneous Rock
2.
This rock was formed when magma cooled very slowly inside the Earth. What specific type of rock is it?
a)
Intrusive Igneous Rock
b)
Extrusive Igneous Rock
c)
Foliated Metamorphic Rock
d)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
3.
This rock formed when lava cooled very quickly on Earth's surface. What specific type of rock is it?
a)
Extrusive Igneous Rock
b)
Intrusive Igneous Rock
c)
Non-Foliated Metamorphic Rock
d)
Biochemical Sedimentary Rock
4.
When you watch a volcano erupt molten rock, you are seeing _____
a)
Lava
b)
Magma
c)
Mineral Crystals
d)
Igneous Rocks
5.
What are the 3 major types of rocks?
a)
Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation
c)
Brown, Red, Gray
d)
Streak, Hardness, Breakage
6.
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
7.
This rock was formed by smaller pieces of rock that settled at the bottom of a lake millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
8.
Which of the words below describe mud, sand, and tiny bits of rocks that cement together to form a type of rock?
a)
stalactites
b)
magmas
c)
metamorphs
d)
sediments
9.
When sediments are pressed together tightly, this is called ____________.
a)
Compaction
b)
Cementation
c)
Weathering
d)
Erosion
10.
The process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue sediment together.
a)
compaction
b)
deposition
c)
organic rock
d)
cementation
11.
The process when rocks break into smaller pieces due to exposure to natural elements is called
a)
erosion
b)
weathering
c)
sediments
12.
What is deposition?
a)
Dropping off sediment
b)
Movement of sediment
c)
Breaking down of sediment
13.
The three groups of rocks are classified by
a)
How they form
b)
Color
c)
Grain size
d)
Chemical Composition
14.
Fossils are only found in
a)
Sedimentary rocks
b)
Foliated Metamorphic rocks
c)
Igneous Rocks
d)
Nonfoliated Metamorphic rocks
15.
Extreme Heat and Pressure creates a _________ rock.
a)
Igneous
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Sedimentary
d)
Mineral
16.
True or False: Once a rock is sedimentary, it cannot become an igneous rock.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
This rock started as lava that cooled and then was heated and put under pressure over time. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
18.
What two processes make sediment?
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Weathering & Erosion
19.
Each rock type can follow only one pathway of the rock cycle.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
Sedimentary rock is formed through the process of
a)
Cementation
b)
Stratification
c)
Erosion
d)
Foliation
21.
What is the process in which water, wind, and heat break down rock?
a)
weathering
b)
exfoliation
c)
cementation
d)
composition
22.
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
23.
What kind of metamorphic rock has its mineral grains arranged in planes or bands?
a)
extrustive
b)
foliated
c)
non-foliated
d)
intrusive
24.
Naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals and organic matter
a)
deposion
b)
erosion
c)
rock
d)
rock cycle
25.
Metamorphic rock in which minerals are NOT arranged in bands
a)
stratification
b)
non-foliated
c)
extrusive igneous rock
d)
strata
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