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Rock Test Review

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The remains or traces of an ancient plant or animal that has been preserved in rock.

a)

Sediments

b)

Fossil

c)

Magma

2.

Made from pieces of rock, mineral, animal remains, and plant remains that have been cemented or compacted together.

a)

Igneous Rock

b)

Sedimentary Rock

c)

Metamorphic Rock

3.

Material that settles out of wind or water.

a)

Fossil

b)

Coal

c)

Sediments

4.

Rock inside Earth that has melted into a liquid.

a)

Sediments

b)

Lava

c)

Magma

5.

Molten rock that has cooled and become solid.

a)

Igneous rock

b)

Sedimentary rock

c)

Metamorphic rock

6.

How is a rock different from a mineral?

a)

A mineral is a type of rock

b)

A rock has a perfect crystal structure.

c)

A rock can be made of one or more types of minerals

d)

A rock is always made of three minerals.

7.

A metamorphic rock melts. This molten rock cools and becomes solid. These processes of changing rock are part of the_________________?

a)

Magma cycle

b)

Metamorphic cycle

c)

Rock cycle

d)

Pressure cycle

8.

The most common type of rock on Earth’s surface is:

a)

Igneous

b)

Sedimentary

c)

Metamorphic

9.

The magma inside a volcano slowly cooled into rock. Over time, wind and water wore away the weaker rock surrounding it. The landform left at Earth’s surface is______________________?

a)

Intrusive igneous rock

b)

Extrusive igneous rock

c)

Sedimentary rock

d)

Metamorphic rock

10.

The limestone towers in Mono Lake, California formed when dissolved minerals re-formed. These towers are made from_______________?

a)

Intrusive igneous rock

b)

Extrusive igneous rock

c)

Sedimentary rock

d)

Metamorphic rock

11.

Coal is made from the remains of ____________?

a)

Animals

b)

Plants

c)

Rocks

d)

Both plants and animals

12.

An example of how sedimentary rock can give information about past conditions is through__________________?

a)

Preserved mud cracks

b)

Easily flowing lava

c)

Thick, sticky lava

d)

Metamorphic changes

13.

The arrangement of minerals in wavy or parallel bands in metamorphic rock is called____________?

a)

Melting

b)

Evaporation

c)

Metamorphization

d)

Foliation

14.

What are the 3 types of rocks in the rock cycle?

a)

Sand, stone, steel

b)

Marble, slate, sandstone

c)

Igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic

d)

Granite, pumice, rhyolite

15.

The rock cycle shows how rocks continually__________?

a)

Change in color

b)

Increase in size

c)

Change over time

d)

Become harder

16.

Which type of rock forms when molten rock cools?

a)

Igneous

b)

Sedimentary

c)

Metamorphic

17.

Rock salt (halite) is an example of sedimentary rock that develops from dissolved minerals when______________?

a)

Water evaporates

b)

Magma cools

c)

Sediments break down

d)

Sand settles in water

18.

If an igneous rock has large mineral crystals, what do you know about it?

a)

It cooled slowly

b)

It cooled quickly

c)

It has no minerals

d)

It is a sedimentary rock

19.

How do geologists know that an ancient ocean once covered Ohio?

a)

The have pictures of the prehistoric ocean

b)

There is still an ocean covering Ohio

c)

They have found fossils of fish in Ohio rock

d)

There was no ocean covering Ohio in prehistoric times

20.

You have found fossils in a rock. What type of rock have you found?

a)

Igneous

b)

Sedimentary

c)

Metamorphic

21.

What step is missing in this sequence: Igneous rock ---> weathering and erosion ---> sediments ---> ??? ---> Sedimentary rock

a)

Melting

b)

Cooling

c)

Evaporation

d)

Cementation and compaction

22.

How do Igneous rocks form?

a)

Molten rock cools

b)

Compaction and cementation

c)

Heat and pressure

23.

What two things help metamorphic rocks form?

a)

Cementation and compaction

b)

Heat and pressure

c)

Magma and lava

24.

Intrusive igneous forms:

a)

Inside the earth from lava

b)

Inside the earth from magma

c)

On the earth's surface from lava

d)

On the earth's surface from magma

25.

Extrusive Igneous Forms:

a)

Inside the earth from lava

b)

Inside the earth from magma

c)

On the earth's surface from lava

d)

On the earth's surface from magma

26.

Intrusive igneous cools:

a)

Slowly

b)

Quickly

27.

Extrusive igneous cools:

a)

Slowly

b)

Quickly