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Let's Rock!

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 4hrs 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the classes of rock?

a)

School of Rock, Rock 'n Roll, Climb a Rock

b)

Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary

c)

Molten Rock, Sediment, Igneous

d)

Sediment, Igneous, Metamorphic

2.

Formed when magma or lava cools and hardens.

a)

Metamorphic rock

b)

Igneous rock

c)

Sedimentary rock

d)

All of the above

e)

None of the above

3.

Formed when minerals or sediment from older rocks get pressed and cemented together.

a)

Metamorphic rock

b)

Sedimentary rock

c)

Igneous rock

d)

All of the above

e)

None of the above

4.

Form when high temperatures and pressure change existing rocks.

a)

Metamorphic rock

b)

Sedimentary rock

c)

Igneous rock

d)

All of the above

e)

None of the above

5.

What is the Rock Cycle?

a)

The process a rock goes through starting as sediment and becoming a sedimentary rock. Then, it turns into an igneous rock. Finally, it becomes a metamorphic rock.

b)

The process a rock goes through as a result of physical weathering to become a different rock.

c)

The process a rock may go through that will change it into another type of rock,

6.

What does igneous rock become if heat is added and it melts?

a)

A new substance

b)

Metamorphic rock

c)

Sedimentary rock

d)

Magma or lava

e)

Sediment

7.

When lava is cooled, it becomes_________

a)

magma

b)

metamorphic rock

c)

igneous rock

d)

sedimentary rock

8.

When heat and pressure is added to an igneous rock, it becomes______________

a)

magma or lava

b)

sedimentary rock

c)

metamorphic rock

d)

sedimentary rock

e)

sediment

9.

What does weathering and erosion do to igneous rock over time?

a)

Turns it into magma or lava

b)

Turns it into metamorphic rock

c)

Turns it into sedimentary rock

d)

Turns it into sediment

e)

All of the above

10.

What is sediment?

a)

Smaller rock

b)

A type of rock

c)

What is left after magma or lava cools

d)

Dust particles

11.

What does weathering and erosion do to sedimentary rock over time?

a)

Turns it into magma or lava

b)

Turns it into metamorphic rock

c)

Turns it into sedimentary rock

d)

Turns it into sediment

e)

All of the above

12.

What does weathering and erosion do to metamorphic rock over time?

a)

Turns it into magma or lava

b)

Turns it into metamorphic rock

c)

Turns it into sedimentary rock

d)

Turns it into sediment

e)

All of the above

13.

When pressure is added to sediment, what happens?

a)

It creates a new type of metamorphic rock.

b)

It creates a new type of igneous rock.

c)

It creates sedimentary rock.

d)

All of the above

e)

None of the above

14.

Adding heat and pressure to sedimentary rock____________

a)

forms igneous rock.

b)

creates sediment.

c)

forms sedimentary rock.

d)

creates lava or magma.

15.

What does metamorphic rock turn into when heat is added and it melts?

a)

Igneous rock

b)

Sediment

c)

Sedimentary rock

d)

magma or lava

e)

More metamorphic rock