WorksheetsRock Cycle Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
What are the three classes of rocks?
Classic, modern, and metal
Igneous, metamorphic, and classic
Metamorphic, metal, and sedimentary
Sedimentary, Igneous, and metamorphic
What process(es) is necessary to change a sedimentary rock to a metamorphic rock?
Erosion and/or weathering
Heat and/or pressure
Deposition and/or cementation
Melting
How do sediments become sedimentary rock?
Deposition and burial leading to compaction and cementation
Melting leading to solidification
Heat and/or pressure applied to the sediments
None of the above
How is magma formed?
From ice and snow splitting rock
By wind carrying sediment
Through deposition of sediment
From the melting of rock
How does magma become igneous rock?
Through deposition
Through cementation
Through melting
Through solidification
How does igneous rock become metamorphic rock?
Through deposition
Through cementation
Through heat and/or pressure
Through solidification
How does a metamorphic rock become an igneous rock?
Through deposition
Through cementation
Through heat and/or pressure
Through solidification
How are sediments formed?
Heat and pressure
Weathering and erosion
Deposition and burial
Melting and solidification
Which process cannot happen?
Igneous rock => heat and or pressure => metamorphic rock
Igneous rock => weathering and erosion => burial => deposition => cementation => sedimentary rock
Metamorphic rock => melting => solidification => igneous rock
Sedimentary rock => melting => solidification => metamorphic rock
Can an igneous rock become another igneous rock?
Yes
No
