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Rock Cycle

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Geologists have classified rocks into three major groups of rocks which are:

a)

inorganic, organic and chemical rocks

b)

igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks

c)

metamorphic, chemical and non chemical rocks

d)

sedimentary, inorganic and igneous rocks

2.

A rock that forms from many small fragments of other rocks is a(n)

a)

igneous rock

b)

metamorphic rock

c)

sedimentary rock

d)

extrusive rock

3.

What kind of igneous rock usually contains large crystals?

a)

inorganic

b)

extrusive

c)

organic

d)

intrusive

4.

Which rock cycle process causes many sedimentary rocks to have visible layers?

a)

eruption

b)

intrusion

c)

crystallization

d)

deposition

5.

If heat and pressure inside Earth cause the texture and crystal structure of a rock to change, what new material is formed?

a)

sedimentary rock

b)

metamorphic rock

c)

igneous rock

d)

chemical rock

6.
This rock started as molten magma. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
7.
True or False: Once a rock is sedimentary, it cannot become an igneous rock.
a)
True
b)
False
8.

Which rock is formed form the cooling of volcanic ash on Earth's surface?

a)

intrusive igneous

b)

foliated metamorphic

c)

extrusive igneous

d)

organic sedimentary

9.
True/False: Igneous rocks can only turn into metamorphic rocks.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
The process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue sediment together.
a)
compaction
b)
deposition
c)
organic rock
d)
cementation
11.

Name the rock found in Croagh Patrick

a)

Marble

b)

Limestone

c)

Sandstone

d)

Quartzite

12.

What time period was Irish Limestone created.

a)

Carboniferous

b)

Precambrian

c)

Triassic

d)

Cretaceous

13.

What are the layers in sedimentary rock called?

a)

Bedding planes

b)

Strata

c)

Hexagons

14.

What is foliation?

a)

Cooling of lava

b)

Deposition on the sea floor into layers of rock

c)

Mineral grains flattened and rearranged into thin bands

d)

Weathering and erosion of rock into sediment

15.

A trailing plate margin occurs where there is an absence of earthquake activity.

a)

False

b)

True