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WorksheetsThe Rock Cycle Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 32mins
This rock was created by heat and pressure. What type of rock is this?
Igneous
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
This rock was created by volcanic activity. What type of rock is this?
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
This rock was created by erosion. What type of rock is this?
Igenous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
The Rock Cycle usually take how long ?
A few hundred years
A few thousand years
Millions of years
Rocks always stay the same
When magma cools on Earth's surface or within the crust, if becomes
sediment
sedimentary rock
sand
igneous rock
A ________________ is natually occurring solid with a definite chemical compostition.
Rock
Mineral
Sediment
Weathering
Fossils are usually found in _______________________ rock
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Mineral
The rock cycle is driven by ______________________ .
Plate tectonics
Earth currents
The Sun and Moon
Inner core
_________________ rocks!
Math
History
ELA
Science
Rain washing away soil from a hillside is an example of...
Erosion
Weathering
Deposition
Washing out
Why is it important to keep plants alive on sand dunes?
Because their root systems help hold the sand in place in order to prevent erosion.
Because their root systems help hold the sand in place in order to prevent weathering.
Because the plants look pretty.
This is a satellite image of the Houston Ship Channel. Which point on this image will experience the most erosion?
A
B
C
D
Which process best describes how the Grand Canyon was formed?
Erosion and weathering by water
Erosion and weathering by wind
Weathering and deposition by wind
Deposition by water
This image shows water expanding as it freezes in cracks in rock. This is known as ice wedging. It is a (a) force and a form of (b) weathering and erosion.
(a) the process of rock breaking down into smaller pieces due to wind or moving water
weathering
uplift
rock formation
metamorphic rock
Select the area on the stream table were DEPOSITION is occurring.
Choose the arrow(s) that represent WEATHERING AND EROSION.
This word describes the CARRYING AWAY of sediment and soil by water, wind, and gravity
(a)
erosion
weathering
diverge
igneous
Match the following
Material is dropped to make a new landform.
deposition
Breaking down of materials.
weathering
Carrying small broken pieces to a new location
erosion
Match the following processes with their definitions.
Breaking down rocks and land by gravity, wind, & plants.
Breaking down rocks and land by dissolving, oxidation, & carbonation
Moving rocks & sediment to a new location.
Dropping rocks & sediment in new locations
A root that cracks a rock as it grows is an example of
(a)
Mechanical Weathering
Chemical Weathering
An enormous mass of ice moving over land, causing weathering of rock and soil is called a (a) .
A glacier
An iceberg
An ice wedge
A sand dune
Click on the landform(S) created by WIND
(a) are created by erosion and deposition of sand sediment
When a rock breaks apart into smaller pieces because of freezing and thawing or water reacting with it, this is called (a) .
Label the correct locations of
Deposition
Erosion
Weathering
Deposition
Erosion
Weathering
What causes most erosion on earth?
(a)
water
wind
gravity
Lebron
This breakdown of rock on the surface of Earth, usually by the force of water, wind, or ice is called (a)
Match the term to the definition:
Weathering
Breaking rock
Erosion
Moving rock
Deposition
dropping off, building up rock
