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Rock Cycle

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 7mins

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Class
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1.

What are the three types of rocks that are part of the rock cycle?

a)

Hard, soft, and brittle

b)

Sand, stone, and volcanic

c)

Dactylic, iambic, and spondaic

d)

Igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary

2.

What do you need in order for igneous rock to form?

a)

A volcano

b)

A mountain

c)

A glacier

d)

A canyon

3.

What do granite and basalt have in common?

a)

They're sedimentary rocks

b)

They're metamorphic rocks

c)

They're igneous rocks

d)

They're formed by erosion

4.

What is the difference between magma and lava?

a)

Magma is very hot, lava is cool.

b)

Magma is molten rock within the earth; lava is molten rock on the earth's surface.

c)

Magma is molten rock on the earth's surface; lava is molten rock within the earth.

d)

Magma is cool, lava is very hot.

5.

Which of these is a sedimentary rock?

a)

Granite

b)

Obsidian

c)

Sandstone

d)

Quartzite

6.

What can you infer about metamorphic rocks from their name?

a)

They form deep within the earth

b)

They form on the earth's surface

c)

They form under heat and pressure

d)

They have changed in some way

7.

Where might you find mountains of metamorphic rock?

a)

Near volcanoes

b)

At the boundaries between tectonic plates

c)

Buried under bodies of water

d)

Near any landscape that has been eroded

8.

What has to happen to sediment in order for it to become sedimentary rock?

a)

It has to bond and harden

b)

It has to be buried deep within the earth

c)

It has to be around a volcanic eruption

d)

It has to be washed away by wind and rain

9.

Sedimentary rock is most similar to which of the following?

a)
b)
c)
d)
10.

When does a sedimentary rock become a metamorphic rock?

a)

When it's left alone over a long period of time

b)

When it erupts out of a volcano

c)

When its sediments bond together

d)

When it's subjected to intense heat and pressure