Font size
WorksheetsRock Cycle Test
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 5hrs 0mins
What is another word for "crystallization"?
cooling
melting
magma
sedimentation
Magma that reaches the Earth's surface is called:
Weathering
Sediment
Lava
Explosion
What type of igneous rock is formed when magma cools BELOW the Earth's surface?
sedimentary
magma
extrusive
intrusive
Heat and pressure create what type of rock?
metamorphic rock
sedimentary rock
igneous rock
intrusive igneous rock
What is the energy source that drives the process of creating sedimentary rocks?
magma
the Sun
Earth's hot interior
lava
Wind, water, ice, and plants can cause what type of weathering, physical or chemical?
physical
chemical
metamorphic
sedimentary
The process of sediment and soil being transported (moved) from one place to another by natural forces like wind or water is:
sediment
weathering
erosion
deposition
What process changes a rock from sedimentary to metamorphic?
metamorphism
compaction and cementation
compaction and compression
heat and pressure
Magma that cools at the Earth's surface forms what type of igneous rock?
extrusive
intrusive
lava
granite
What process has to happen to create sediment from an igneous rock?
cooling
heat and pressure
melting
weathering and erosion
What is the energy source that drives the process of creating metamorphic rocks?
magma
Earth's hot interior
the Sun
precipitation
The three groups of rocks are sedimentary, igneous, and (a) .
True or False. The rock cycle is not a continuous cycle.
True
False
True or False. Cooling is the process that creates igneous rock.
True
False
True or False. Sedimentation describes the process of compaction and cementation.
True
False
True or False. A rock will never go through ALL of the stages in the rock cycle.
True
False
Deposition is:
the breaking down of rocks.
process of sediment being transported from one place to another.
the new area where sediment ends up after it is transported from another area.
crystallization
c
The energy source for the process of melting in the rock cycle is:
the Sun
Earth's hot interior
magma
igneous rock
True or False. Every rock is made up of at least one type of mineral.
True
False
The process that breaks down rocks to create sediment is called
Erosion
Deposition
Weathering
Metamorphic
