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WorksheetsScience-Rocks
Total questions: 48
Worksheet time: 24mins
What is a naturally occurring solid mixture of minerals and other inorganic and organic materials found in the Earth’s crust.
Plate
Rock
Lava
Bones
What are the 2 types of crust the Earth consists of? (Select 2)
Oceanic
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
Continental
Which rock group makes up most of the Earth’s crust?
Igneous
Sedimentary
Organic
Metamorphic
What are contributing factors in the formation and recycling of Igneous, Metamorphic, and Sedimentary rocks?
Lava in a volcano
From the core of the Earth’s heat
Movements along plate boundaries
Animals dying
What is a series of processes on the Earth’s surface and in the crust and mantle that slowly change rocks from one form to another?
The rock system
The rock cycle
The rock party
The rock formation
Chose the 3 major rock groups? (Select 3)
Igneous
Oceanic
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
What does “organic” mean.
Something that is growing
Something that breathes
Something that swims
Something that was once alive
Which kind of rocks form when rock melts becoming magma/lava then cools?
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
Igneous
What kind of rock forms when rocks are weathered/eroded and the sediments from the rocks are deposited, compacted, and cemented in layers?
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
Igneous
What kind of rocks form when existing rock is changed into a different kind of rock due to extreme heat/pressure from deep in the Earth’s mantle?
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
Igneous
What is Pangea?
When all the continents were all together
A planet
A new continent
When all the planets were all together
Who discovered “continental drift”?
Allan Watler
Ethan Vagner
Alfred Wegener
Levi Packer
Igneous rocks form when rocks melt, become magma/lava, then cool.
True
False
Igneous rocks are classified by: (select 3)
Origin
Texture
Color
Mineral content
What moves igneous rocks to, on, or just below the Earth's surface?
Mantle
Plates
Lava
Crust
In these igneous rocks, magma solidifies below the Earth's surface.
Intrusive
Extrusive
In these igneous rocks, lava solidifies on the Earth's surface.
Intrusive
Extrusive
These igneous rocks cool slowly and it takes more time.
Intrusive
Extrusive
These igneous rocks cool quickly and take less time.
Intrusive
Extrusive
In these igneous rocks, there are larger mineral crystals.
Intrusive
Extrusive
In these igneous rocks, there are smaller (or no) mineral crystals.
Intrusive
Extrusive
These igneous rocks have a coarse texture.
Intrusive
Extrusive
These igneous rocks have a fine texture (or glassy).
Intrusive
Extrusive
What is the correct series of processes in the formation of sedimentary rock?
deposition, compaction, erosion, cementation
erosion, deposition, compaction, cementation
erosion, compaction, deposition, cementation
deposition, compaction, cementation, erosion
The erosion of rocks takes place
deep in the mantel
on the earth's surface
just below the earth's surface
above and below the earth's surface
The heat that changes a rock into a metamorphic rock comes from:
the sun
the mantle
the earth's surface
chemical changes
Sedimentary rock always forms from igneous rock
True
False
The rock cycle flows in a predictable cycle of events
true
false
In the rock cycle, different processes produce different kinds of rocks
true
false
What processes produces sediments? (select 2)
weathering
melting
erosion
compaction
What processes produce sedimentary rock?
heat and pressure
weathering,deposition,compaction, cementation
melting and cooling
What process produces magma/lava?
melting
cooling
pressure
heat
What process produces igneous rock?
melting
cooling
heat
pressure
What processes produce metamorphic rock?
heat and pressure
weathering,deposition, compaction, cementation
melting and cooling
How does an Igneous rock change to a sedimentary rock?
plates move rocks into the core, where they melt and disappear
plate movements push rocks deep below the earth's surface, then heat and pressure change them
plates uplift rocks to the earth's surface and weathering and erosion of sediments, deposition, compaction, and cementation happen
plates move rock on or below the earth's surface and rocks melt and become magma/lava which cools and crystalizes
How does a sedimentary rock change to a metamorphic rock?
plates move rocks into the core, where they melt and disappear
plates uplift rocks to the earth's surface and weathering and erosion of sediments, deposition, compaction, and cementation happen
plate movements push rocks deep below the earth's surface, then heat and pressure change them
plates move rock on or below the earth's surface and rocks melt and become magma/lava which cools and crystalizes
How does metamorphic rock change to igneous rock?
plates move rocks into the core, where they melt and disappear
plate movements push rocks deep below the earth's surface, then heat and pressure change them
plates uplift rocks to the earth's surface and weathering and erosion of sediments, deposition, compaction, and cementation happen
plates move rock on or below the earth's surface and rocks melt and become magma/lava which cools and crystalizes
How are sedimentary rocks classified?
by size and types of sediments in the rock
origin, texture, and mineral content
the arrangement of the grains
How are metamorphic rocks classified?
by the size and types of sediments in the rock
the arrangement of the grains
origin, texture, and mineral content
How are igneous rocks classified?
by the size and types of sediments in the rock
the arrangement of the grains
origin, texture, and mineral content
What are the types of sedimentary rocks?
intrusive and extrusive
clastic, organic, and chemical
foliated and nonfoliated
What are the types of metamorphic rocks?
clastic, organic, and chemical
intrusive and extrusive
foliated and nonfoliated
What are the types of igneous rocks?
clastic, organic, and chemical
intrusive and extrusive
foliated and nonfoliated
This type of sedimentary rock is identified by the size of the rock fragments
chemical
organic
clastic
This type of sedimentary rock is thick layers of plant and animal remains
chemical
organic
clastic
This type of sedimentary rock is made when minerals dissolve in solution and crystallize
chemical
organic
clastic
This type of metamorphic rock has mineral grains arranged in layers or bonds
foiliated
nonfoliated
These types of metamorphic rocks have mineral grains that are arranged randomly
foliated
nonfoliated
