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Rocks and Rock Cycle

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of rocks are formed when magma or lava cools down.

a)

Sedimentary Rocks

b)

Metamorphic Rocks

c)

Igneous Rocks

2.

What type of rocks are formed deep inside the Earth's crust from intense heat and pressure?

a)

Sedimentary Rocks

b)

Metamorphic Rocks

c)

Igneous Rocks

3.

What types of rocks are formed after weathering and over time they cement together to form into one rock?

a)

Sedimentary Rocks

b)

Metamorphic Rocks

c)

Igneous Rocks

4.
Rocks can be mixtures.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
All three types of rocks (igneous, sedimnetary and metamorphic) are classified by:
a)
How they formed.
b)
Mineral Composition
c)
Texture
6.
There is only one pathway through the rock cycle.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
Rocks are always changing.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
The series of a rock changing from one type of another is called...
a)
The Rock Cycle
b)
The Carbon Cycle
c)
The Water Cycle
d)
The Nitrogen Cycle
9.

What are examples of Igneous Rocks?

a)

They can have fossils in them, have a dusty feel, made up of other types of rocks

b)

They have rings/layers, made up of sedimentary and igneous rocks through heat and pressure, has crystals.

c)

They can look glassy or have air bubbles, no visible minerals

10.

What are examples of Metamorphic Rocks?

a)

They can have fossils in them, have a dusty feel, made up of other types of rocks

b)

They have rings, made up of sedimentary and igneous rocks through heat and pressure, has crystals.

c)

They can look glassy or have air bubbles, no visible minerals

11.

What are examples of Sedimentary Rocks?

a)

They can have fossils in them, have a dusty feel, made up of sediments, they have layers.

b)

They have rings/layers, made up of sedimentary and igneous rocks through heat and pressure, has crystals.

c)

They can look glassy or have air bubbles, no visible minerals

12.

What is weathering?

a)

Weathering causes rocks to shatter/break into billions of pieces.

b)

Weathering is when it's sunny, windy, snowy, rainy, etc. outside.

c)

Weathering comes from the sun.

13.

What is erosion?

a)

Erosion is just a silly word.

b)

Erosion is something that happens to humans when they fly in a plane.

c)

Erosion is when water, wind, and ice take the small pieces of sediment and spread them across Earth's surface.

14.
What are the 3 major types of rocks?
a)
Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation
c)
Brown, Red, Gray
d)
Streak, Hardness, Breakage
15.
Two ways to describe types of igneous rocks are _____
a)
Extrusive and Intrusive
b)
Foliated and Non-Foliated
c)
Clastic and Biochemical
d)
Black and Gray
16.
This rock was found near the mouth of a volcano. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
17.
The process when rocks break into smaller pieces due to exposure to natural elements is called
a)
erosion
b)
weathering
c)
sediments
d)
deposition
18.
Which type of rock is formed from INTENSE heat and pressure?
a)
igneous
b)
sedimentary
c)
metamorphic
19.
This rock was formed by smaller pieces of rock that settled at the bottom of a lake millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
20.
The three groups of rocks are classified by
a)
How they form
b)
Color
c)
Grain size
d)
Chemical Composition
21.
Fossils are only found in
a)
Sedimentary rocks
b)
Foliated Metamorphic rocks
c)
Igneous Rocks
d)
Nonfoliated Metamorphic rocks
22.
Fossils are only found in sedimentary rocks.
a)
True
b)
False
23.
what kind of rock is formed when debris is buried, compresses and cemented together? 
a)
Metmaorphic
b)
Magma
c)
Sedimetnary
d)
Igneous
24.
Small pebbles, pieces of other rock, and sand are called?
a)
weathering
b)
sediment
25.
Metamorphic rocks form from ___.
a)
igneous rocks
b)
other metamorphic rocks
c)
sedimentary rocks
d)
all types of rocks
26.
When metamorphic rocks are formed, the extreme heat is usually caused by the _______.
a)
gravity in the atmosphere
b)
collision of tectonic plates
c)
the fiery hot magma in the Earth's mantle
d)
weight of the mountains
27.
Morph means what?
a)
change
b)
alter
c)
switch
d)
rearrange
28.
The deeper a rock is buried, the greater the pressure is on it
a)
True 
b)
False
29.
Igneous rock that forms from lava on Earth's surface
a)
Organic Rock
b)
Intrusive Rock
c)
Clastic Rock
d)
Extrusive Rock
30.
Igneous rock that forms when magma hardens beneath Earth's surface
a)
intrusive Rock
b)
compaction
c)
Chemical Rock
d)
Clastic Rock
31.
The process by which igneous rocks are formed...
a)
heat and pressure deep underneath earth's surface
b)
melting and cooling of magma
c)
compaction and cementation of sediments