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WorksheetsThird rock from the sun (rocks and the rock cycle)
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 25mins
What is rock with layers called?
sedemetary rock
metemorphic rock
lava
limstone
What are rocks like obsidion called?
pumice
volcanic
metomorphic
sedementary
none of the options avaliable
What is it called when magma escapes the volcano and ends up on land?
lava
magma
water
sedementary rock
What was the largest volcanic eruption in U.S. history?
Mount Olive
Sedementary rock
Mount St. Helens.
What was the LARGEST earthquake in U.S. history?
9.2 magnitude quake on Prince William Sound in Alaska.
9.0 magnitude quake on Prince William Sound in Alaska.
8.2 magnitude quake on Prince William Sound in Alaska.
9.2 magnitude quake on William Sound in Alaska.
How is rock created and what is rock made of?
Rock is made up of dirt squeezed till it turns rock solid.
Rock is made up of sand squeezed till it turns rock solid.
Rock is made up of dead plants squeezed till it turns rock solid.
Rock is made up of donkey manure squeezed till it turns rock solid.
Rock is made up of dead animals squeezed till it turns rock solid.
What happens when two titanic plates slide past each other?
seperates land.
Creates multiple earthquakes.
california is seperating slowly.
What is rock with ribon-like layers called?
Metomorhpic rock
sedementary rock
(speed question) What is the cycle of rocks changing over Millions of years called?
The rock cycle
granite
obsidion
(speed question!) What is it called when a river erodes the ground over millions of years and transforms it into a valley?
The Grand Canyon
Erosion
(speed question) what happens when 2 titanic plates seperate? 2/3
creates a valley
forms a river
forms a mountain
5 seconds! what happens when two titanic plates push together?
Forms a mountain
1 slides under the other
is Alabama on a fault line?
Yes
No
Does Alabama have earthquakes?
yes, very minor eartquakes.
yes, major earthquackes.
no earthquakes.
Tiny bits of weathered rock or once living plants or animals are called
Sediment
basalt
mineral
coal
What kind of rock is formed when molten rock cools below Earth's surface?
sedimentary
intrusive igneous
metamorphic
extrusive igneous
What is it called when molten rock cools above the surface?
intrusive igneous
extrusive igneous
lava
sedementary rock
fill in the blank. Lava -> extusive igneous -> sedement -> sedementary rock -> _______________ -> Magma -> Lava
sedementary rock
igneous rock
lava
metomorphic rock
what rock fits this description? A rock formed when lava/magma cools, trapping air inside. It is very light and has a rough surface.
Pumice
obsidion
magma
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
granite
obsidion
pumice
shale
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."
granite
obsidion
shale
pumice
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.
shale
pumice
obsidion
flint
what is most likley found in The Grand Canyon?
limestone
sedements
igneous rock
metomorphic rock
sedementary rock
what type of rock is most likley found near a volcano?
water 😆
lava😜
obsidion
metomorphic rock
igneous rock
sedements-> sedementary rock-> magma ->lava-> igneous rock ->sedement->sedementary rock-> metomorphic rock ->_______->__________________ ect....
Lava -> metomorphic
Magma->metomorphic
Lava->sedementary rock
Magma->sedementary rock
magma-> igneous rock
sedemtary rock (select all that apply)
pumice
obsidion
Granite
Andesite
