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Third rock from the sun (rocks and the rock cycle)

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is rock with layers called?

a)

sedemetary rock

b)

metemorphic rock

c)

lava

d)

limstone

2.

What are rocks like obsidion called?

a)

pumice

b)

volcanic

c)

metomorphic

d)

sedementary

e)

none of the options avaliable

3.

What is it called when magma escapes the volcano and ends up on land?

a)

lava

b)

magma

c)

water

d)

sedementary rock

4.

What was the largest volcanic eruption in U.S. history?

a)

Mount Olive

b)

Sedementary rock

c)

Mount St. Helens.

5.

What was the LARGEST earthquake in U.S. history?

a)

9.2 magnitude quake on Prince William Sound in Alaska.

b)

9.0 magnitude quake on Prince William Sound in Alaska.

c)

8.2 magnitude quake on Prince William Sound in Alaska.

d)

9.2 magnitude quake on William Sound in Alaska.

6.

How is rock created and what is rock made of?

a)

Rock is made up of dirt squeezed till it turns rock solid.

b)

Rock is made up of sand squeezed till it turns rock solid.

c)

Rock is made up of dead plants squeezed till it turns rock solid.

d)

Rock is made up of donkey manure squeezed till it turns rock solid.

e)

Rock is made up of dead animals squeezed till it turns rock solid.

7.

What happens when two titanic plates slide past each other?

a)

seperates land.

b)

Creates multiple earthquakes.

c)

california is seperating slowly.

8.

What is rock with ribon-like layers called?

a)

Metomorhpic rock

b)

sedementary rock

9.

(speed question) What is the cycle of rocks changing over Millions of years called?

a)

The rock cycle

b)

granite

c)

obsidion

10.

(speed question!) What is it called when a river erodes the ground over millions of years and transforms it into a valley?

a)

The Grand Canyon

b)

Erosion

11.

(speed question) what happens when 2 titanic plates seperate? 2/3

a)

creates a valley

b)

forms a river

c)

forms a mountain

12.

5 seconds! what happens when two titanic plates push together?

a)

Forms a mountain

b)

1 slides under the other

13.

is Alabama on a fault line?

a)

Yes

b)

No

14.

Does Alabama have earthquakes?

a)

yes, very minor eartquakes.

b)

yes, major earthquackes.

c)

no earthquakes.

15.
What are the 3 major types of rocks?
a)
Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation
c)
Brown, Red, Gray
d)
Streak, Hardness, Breakage
16.
The process when rocks break into smaller pieces due to exposure to natural elements is called
a)
erosion
b)
weathering
c)
sediments
17.
The movement of weathered material (sediment) is called?
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
18.
Each rock type can follow only one pathway of the rock cycle.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
If heat and pressure inside the Earth cause a rock to melt, the material that formed would be
a)
Metamorphic
b)
Magma
c)
Sedimentary
d)
Igneous
20.
The three groups of rocks are classified by
a)
How they form
b)
Color
c)
Grain size
d)
Chemical Composition
21.
Sediment goes through _________________ to become sedimentary rock.
a)
heat and pressure
b)
compacting and cementing
c)
weathering and erosion
d)
melting and cooling
22.

Tiny bits of weathered rock or once living plants or animals are called

a)

Sediment

b)

basalt

c)

mineral

d)

coal

23.

What kind of rock is formed when molten rock cools below Earth's surface?

a)

sedimentary

b)

intrusive igneous

c)

metamorphic

d)

extrusive igneous

24.

What is it called when molten rock cools above the surface?

a)

intrusive igneous

b)

extrusive igneous

c)

lava

d)

sedementary rock

25.

fill in the blank. Lava -> extusive igneous -> sedement -> sedementary rock -> _______________ -> Magma -> Lava

a)

sedementary rock

b)

igneous rock

c)

lava

d)

metomorphic rock

26.

what rock fits this description? A rock formed when lava/magma cools, trapping air inside. It is very light and has a rough surface.

a)

Pumice

b)

obsidion

c)

magma

27.
Has wavy bands.
a)
sedimentary rock
b)
metamorphic rock
c)
extrusive igneous rock
d)
intrusive igneous rock
28.
Contains fossils. 
a)
sedimentary rocks
b)
metamorphic rocks
c)
extrusive igneous rocks
d)
intrusive igneous rocks
29.
Formed by melting
a)
magma
b)
sediments
c)
sedimentary rock
d)
intrusive igneous
30.
Formed by weathering & erosion
a)
magma
b)
sediments
c)
sedimentary rock
d)
intrusive igneous
31.
Formed by compacting & cementing of sediments
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Extrusive Igneous
d)
Intrusive Igneous
32.
Formed by heat and pressure
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Extrusive Igneous
d)
Intrusive Igneous
33.

what is this rock? A light-colored igneous rock with grains large enough to be visible with the unaided eye. It forms from the slow crystallization of magma below Earth's surface

a)

granite

b)

obsidion

c)

pumice

d)

shale

34.

What rock fits this description? A fine-grained sedimentary rock that forms from the compaction of silt and clay-size mineral particles that we commonly call "mud."

a)

granite

b)

obsidion

c)

shale

d)

pumice

35.

What is this rock? an igneous rock that forms when molten rock material cools so rapidly that atoms are unable to arrange themselves into a crystalline structure.

a)

shale

b)

pumice

c)

obsidion

d)

flint

36.

what is most likley found in The Grand Canyon?

a)

limestone

b)

sedements

c)

igneous rock

d)

metomorphic rock

e)

sedementary rock

37.

what type of rock is most likley found near a volcano?

a)

water 😆

b)

lava😜

c)

obsidion

d)

metomorphic rock

e)

igneous rock

38.

sedements-> sedementary rock-> magma ->lava-> igneous rock ->sedement->sedementary rock-> metomorphic rock ->_______->__________________ ect....

a)

Lava -> metomorphic

b)

Magma->metomorphic

c)

Lava->sedementary rock

d)

Magma->sedementary rock

e)

magma-> igneous rock

39.

sedemtary rock (select all that apply)

a)

pumice

b)

obsidion

c)

Granite

d)

Andesite