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Rock Cycle Test

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 5hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is another word for "crystallization"?

a)

cooling

b)

melting

c)

magma

d)

sedimentation

2.

Magma that reaches the Earth's surface is called:

a)

Weathering

b)

Sediment

c)

Lava

d)

Explosion

3.

What type of igneous rock is formed when magma cools BELOW the Earth's surface?

a)

sedimentary

b)

magma

c)

extrusive

d)

intrusive

4.

Heat and pressure create what type of rock?

a)

metamorphic rock

b)

sedimentary rock

c)

igneous rock

d)

intrusive igneous rock

5.

What is the energy source that drives the process of creating sedimentary rocks?

a)

magma

b)

the Sun

c)

Earth's hot interior

d)

lava

6.

Wind, water, ice, and plants can cause what type of weathering, physical or chemical?

a)

physical

b)

chemical

c)

metamorphic

d)

sedimentary

7.

The process of sediment and soil being transported (moved) from one place to another by natural forces like wind or water is:

a)

sediment

b)

weathering

c)

erosion

d)

deposition

8.

What process changes a rock from sedimentary to metamorphic?

a)

metamorphism

b)

compaction and cementation

c)

compaction and compression

d)

heat and pressure

9.

Magma that cools at the Earth's surface forms what type of igneous rock?

a)

extrusive

b)

intrusive

c)

lava

d)

granite

10.

What process has to happen to create sediment from an igneous rock?

a)

cooling

b)

heat and pressure

c)

melting

d)

weathering and erosion

11.

What is the energy source that drives the process of creating metamorphic rocks?

a)

magma

b)

Earth's hot interior

c)

the Sun

d)

precipitation

12.

The three groups of rocks are sedimentary, igneous, and (a)   .

13.

True or False. The rock cycle is not a continuous cycle.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

True or False. Cooling is the process that creates igneous rock.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

True or False. Sedimentation describes the process of compaction and cementation.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

True or False. A rock will never go through ALL of the stages in the rock cycle.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Deposition is:

a)

the breaking down of rocks.

b)

process of sediment being transported from one place to another.

c)

the new area where sediment ends up after it is transported from another area.

d)

crystallization

e)

c

18.

The energy source for the process of melting in the rock cycle is:

a)

the Sun

b)

Earth's hot interior

c)

magma

d)

igneous rock

19.

True or False. Every rock is made up of at least one type of mineral.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

The process that breaks down rocks to create sediment is called

a)

Erosion

b)

Deposition

c)

Weathering

d)

Metamorphic