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Rock Cycle review

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is lava

a)

molten rock within the earth

b)

molten rock that spews out a volcano

c)

top layer of the earth

d)

where 2 plates meet

2.

Substances that make up rocks

a)

rocks

b)

substance

c)

minerals

d)

igenous

3.

Pebbles, sand, mud, pieces of minerals and plants

a)

igneous

b)

metamorphic

c)

sediment

d)

random stuff

4.

formed by sediment deposited over time

a)

igenous rocks

b)

metamorphic rocks

c)

sedimentary rocks

d)

minerals

5.

rocks that have been heated and subjected to pressure

a)

igneous rocks

b)

metamorphic rocks

c)

sedimentary rocks

d)

minerals

6.

squeezing

a)

pushing

b)

pulling

c)

yanking

d)

pressure

7.

rocks that form when lava cools

a)

igneous rocks

b)

metamorphic rocks

c)

sedimentary rocks

d)

minerals

8.

process of rocks changing and recycling into new types of rocks

a)

continental drift

b)

rock cycle

c)

plate boundary

d)

tectonic plates

9.

the process of wearing away through water or wind

a)

drift

b)

squeezing

c)

pressure

d)

erosion

10.

a large, underground room or tunnel made by nature

a)

lagoon

b)

peninsula

c)

cave

d)

room 55

11.

to pull out mineral or other materials from the earth

a)

extract

b)

mining

c)

continental drift

d)

earthquake

12.

something new that is found

a)

discovery

b)

hypothesis

c)

lava

d)

invention

13.

to be carried away slowly

a)

tectonic plates

b)

pangaea

c)

drift

d)

hypothesis

14.

hypothesis

a)

a random guess

b)

fossil

c)

lava

d)

an educated or best guess

15.

A mountain range is

a)

a single mountain

b)

a few mountains

c)

a bunch of mountains

d)

no mountains

16.

scientists who study the earth

a)

biologist

b)

hydrologist

c)

physiologist

d)

geologist

17.

A very large land mass

a)

continent

b)

county

c)

country

d)

state

18.

molten rock inside the earth

a)

lava

b)

magma

c)

volcano

d)

pickles

19.

outside layer of the earth that includes the crust

a)

lithosphere

b)

crust

c)

tectonic plates

d)

continents

20.

Top layer of the lithosphere that we are standing on.

a)

lithosphere

b)

crust

c)

tectonic plates

d)

continent

21.

huge, rocky slabs that fit together and make up the earth's crust

a)

plate boundaries

b)

contients

c)

tectonic plates

d)

magma

22.

the remains or imprint of a previously living thing

a)

igneous

b)

metamorphic

c)

sedimentary

d)

fossils

23.

where 2 tectonic plates meet

a)

tectonic plates

b)

continent

c)

plate boundary

d)

earthquake

24.

the process of the continents moving over time

a)

pangaea

b)

drift

c)

continental drift

d)

tectonic plates

25.

a sudden, violent shaking of the earth from 2 tectonic plates moving

a)

volcano

b)

earthquake

c)

continental drift

d)

tectonic plates

26.

The name of the super continent we studied

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

Padawan

d)

Pangaea

27.

Don't forget your

a)

pickles

b)

pickles

c)

pickles

d)

pickles