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Rock & Water Cycle

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The process by which wind, water, ice, and changes in temperature break down rock into fragments called sediments is:

a)

Deposition

b)

Weathering

c)

Erosion

d)

Heat and pressure

2.

Rock that forms when minerals from solutions or sediment from older rocks get pressed and cemented together.

a)

Sedimentary rock

b)

Igneous rock

c)

Metamorphic rock

3.

Rock that forms when intense heat and/or pressure change existing rock.

a)

Igneous rock

b)

Metamorphic rock

c)

Sedimentary rock

4.

The process by which metamorphic rocks are formed is:

a)

heat and pressure

b)

compaction and cementation

c)

melting and cooling

d)

weathering and erosion

5.

The process by which igneous rock forms is

a)

heat and pressure

b)

compaction and cementation

c)

melting and cooling

d)

weathering and erosion

6.

A metamorphic rock can become:

a)

Igneous rock

b)

Metamorphic rock

c)

Sedimentary rock

d)

All of these

7.

An igneous rock can become

a)

Sedimentary rock

b)

Igneous rock

c)

Metamorphic rock

d)

All of these

8.

The process by which sediment is moved/transported from one place to another. Can be caused by water, wind, ice, and gravity.

a)

Rock cycle

b)

Deposition

c)

Uplift

d)

Erosion

9.

The process of changing a liquid into a gas; as in when the sun heats up the ocean and turns water into vapor (gas) is known as:

a)

Evaporation

b)

Precipitation

c)

Vapor

d)

Condensation

10.

Water released from clouds as rain, hail, sleet, or snow are known as:

a)

Evaporation

b)

Condensation

c)

Transpiration

d)

Precipitation

11.

What provides the energy that drives the water cycle?

a)

The Sun

b)

The ocean currents

c)

The Earth's heat

d)

Precipitation

12.

What is the water cycle?

a)

The 3 forms of water

b)

When water melts

c)

The movement of water on, above, or below the surface of the Earth

d)

When clouds form

13.

Clouds form through

a)

Precipitation

b)

Evaporation

c)

Condensation

d)

Transpiration

14.

What is the process during which water cools and turns from a gas to a liquid?

a)

Condensation

b)

Precipitation

c)

Runoff

d)

Evaporation

15.

What is it called when water evaporates from the underside of leaves into the atmosphere?

a)

Condensation

b)

Sublimination

c)

Evaporation

d)

Transpiration

16.

What stage does #2 show in the diagram?

a)

Condensation

b)

Precipitation

c)

Evaporation

d)

Transpiration

17.

What stage does #3 show in the diagram?

a)

Condensation

b)

Precipitation

c)

Evaporation

d)

Runoff

18.

What stage does #4 show in the diagram?

a)

Condensation

b)

Precipitation

c)

Evaporation

d)

Runoff