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Rock Cycle

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name

Class

Date

A rock formed from fragments of other rocks is a(n)

Metamorphic Rock

Sedimentary Rock

Extrusive Rock

Igneous Rock

If heat and pressure inside the Earth cause a rock to melt, the material that formed would be

Metamorphic

Magma

Sedimentary

Igneous

Fossils are only found in

Sedimentary rocks

Foliated Metamorphic rocks

Igneous Rocks

Nonfoliated Metamorphic rocks

This rock started as molten magma. What type of rock is this?

Sedimentary

Igneous

Metamorphic

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?

Sedimentary

Igneous

Metamorphic

True or False: Once a rock is sedimentary, it cannot become an igneous rock.

True

False

The process when rocks break into smaller pieces due to exposure to natural elements is called

erosion

weathering

sediments

What are the 3 major types of rocks?

Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary

Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation

magma, lava, crystals

The process by which metamorphic rocks are formed...

heat and pressure

erosion and deposition

melting and cooling

10.

The name rock is given when it is broken down into smaller pieces.

texture

weathering

sediment

erosion

11.

Which type of rock is made by small bits of rock, mud, or sand compacted and cemented together?

Coal

igneous

metamorphic

sedimentary

12.

Which type of rock is made from a rock being changed by heat and pressure?

Smooshed Rock

igneous

metamorphic

sedimentary

13.

Which type of rock is made from lava or magma cooling?

igneous

sedimentary

metamorphic

14.

a rock that formed from layers of sediments

metamorphic

igneous

sedimentary

magma

15.

What process can turn magma into Granite (Igneous Rock)?

Weathering

Erosion

Cooling

Melting

16.

What process can change Granite (IR) into Gneiss (MR)?

Weathering and Erosion

Heat and pressure

Compacting and Cementing

Melting

17.

Which type of rock is labeled A?

Igneous

Metamorphic

Sedimentary

18.

What has to occur at #4 for rock A to turn into rock B?

Melting

Cooling

Heat and Pressure

Compaction and Cementing

19.

What process can turn pebbles into a Conglomerate (SR)?

Weathering and erosion

Heat and pressure

Compacting and Cementing

Melting

20.

Sedimentary rock and change into another sedimentary rock through what process(es)?

Weathering, erosion, compaction, cementation

Heat and pressure

Erosion only

Melting and cooling

21.

A metamorphic rock in which the grains line up in parallel bands is a

Clastic Rock

Nonclastic Rock

Nonfoliated Rock

Foliated Rock

22.

If heat and pressure inside the Earth cause a rock to melt, the material that formed would be

Metamorphic

Magma

Sedimentary

Igneous

23.

As lava cools and crystallizes, what type of rock will form?

Sedimentary

Metamorphic

Extrusive Igneous

Intrusive Igneous

24.

When sediments are pressed together tightly, this is called ____________.

Compaction

Cementation

Weathering

Erosion

25.

What kind of rock is "Granite"?

Sedimentary

Igneous

Metamorphic

26.

What kind of rock is "Marble"?

Sedimentary

Igneous

Metamorphic

27.

What kind of rock is "Sandstone"?

Sedimentary

Igneous

Metamorphic

28.

Name this rock.

chalcedony

bituminous coal

conglomerate

arkose

29.

What is the name of this rock?

gneiss

pegmatite

shale

fossilized limestone

30.

What is the name of this rock?

obsidian

basalt

sandstone

anthracite coal

100 %

Rock Cycle

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

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