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Three Classes of Rocks

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

All rocks form deep beneath Earth's surface.

a)

true

b)

false

2.

Some rocks are made up of materials from living things.

a)

true

b)

false

3.

Some rocks take millions of years to form.

a)

true

b)

false

4.

All rocks are made up of the same kinds of minerals.

a)

true

b)

false

5.

Some rocks form from particles of other rocks.

a)

true

b)

false

6.

A combination of one or more minerals or organic matter is called _.

a)

rock

b)

mineral

7.

The three classes of rock are _, _, and _. (choose three)

a)

sedimentary

b)

non-silicate

c)

igneous

d)

metamorphic

e)

silicate

8.

The minerals and organic matter a rock contains determine the _, or makeup, of that rock.

a)

texture

b)

grain

c)

composition

9.

The size, shape, and positions of the grains that make up a rock determine the rock's _.

a)

size

b)

composition

c)

texture

10.

When magma pushes into, or intrudes, surrounding rock below Earth's surface and cools, the rock that forms is called _.

a)

sedimentary rock

b)

igneous rock

c)

intrusive igneous rock

d)

Fred

11.

Examples of intrusive igneous rock are _ and _.

a)

basalt / andesite

b)

granite / diorite

c)

obsidian / diorite

12.

Igneous rock that forms when lava erupts, or extrudes, onto Earth's surface is called _.

a)

intrusive rock

b)

extrusive rock

c)

metamorphic rock

13.

_ is an extrusive rock that cools so rapidly that no crystals form.

a)

Granite

b)

Pyrite

c)

Obsidian

d)

Gold

14.

Obsidian looks glassy, so it is often called _.

a)

pretty

b)

a mineral

c)

volcanic glass

15.

Other common extrusive igneous rocks are _ and _.

a)

granite / diorite

b)

basalt / andesite

c)

limestone / obsidian

16.

Sometimes lava erupts and flows from long cracks in Earth's crust called _.

a)

rifts

b)

splits

c)

fissures

17.

Processes that form _ rock are weathering, erosion, deposition, burial, and cementation.

a)

sedimentary

b)

metamorphic

c)

igneous

18.

_ and _ are coarse-grained clastic sedimentary rocks.

a)

granite / limestone

b)

sandstone / obsidian

c)

breccia / conglomerate

19.

_ sedimentary rock forms when sediments are buried, compacted, and cemented together by calcite or quartz. _ sedimentary rocks form when water, usually seawater, evaporates.

a)

chemical / clastic

b)

clastic / chemical

c)

intrusive / extrusive

20.

Animal remains, together with sediment, are eventually buried, compacted, and cemented together to form _ limestone.

a)

coquina

b)

chalk

c)

fossiliferous

d)

snuffalupagis

21.

_ is a fossiliferous limestone that consists of the shells of marine mollusks that have been cemented together by calcite.

a)

Coal

b)

Coquina

c)

Granite

d)

Limestone

22.

Two types of organic sedimentary rock are _ and _.

a)

halite

b)

chalk

c)

coal

d)

coquina

23.

_ forms from the remains of fossils, or once-living plants and animals.

a)

Sandstone

b)

Clastic sedimentary rock

c)

Chemical sedimentary rock

d)

Organic sedimentary rock

24.

_ forms when sodium ions and chlorine ions in shallow bodies of water become so concentrated that _ crystallizes from solution.

a)

Calcite / Halite

b)

Halite / halite

c)

Halite / calcite