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WorksheetsThree Classes of Rocks
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 13mins
All rocks form deep beneath Earth's surface.
true
false
Some rocks are made up of materials from living things.
true
false
Some rocks take millions of years to form.
true
false
All rocks are made up of the same kinds of minerals.
true
false
Some rocks form from particles of other rocks.
true
false
A combination of one or more minerals or organic matter is called _.
rock
mineral
The three classes of rock are _, _, and _. (choose three)
sedimentary
non-silicate
igneous
metamorphic
silicate
The minerals and organic matter a rock contains determine the _, or makeup, of that rock.
texture
grain
composition
The size, shape, and positions of the grains that make up a rock determine the rock's _.
size
composition
texture
When magma pushes into, or intrudes, surrounding rock below Earth's surface and cools, the rock that forms is called _.
sedimentary rock
igneous rock
intrusive igneous rock
Fred
Examples of intrusive igneous rock are _ and _.
basalt / andesite
granite / diorite
obsidian / diorite
Igneous rock that forms when lava erupts, or extrudes, onto Earth's surface is called _.
intrusive rock
extrusive rock
metamorphic rock
_ is an extrusive rock that cools so rapidly that no crystals form.
Granite
Pyrite
Obsidian
Gold
Obsidian looks glassy, so it is often called _.
pretty
a mineral
volcanic glass
Other common extrusive igneous rocks are _ and _.
granite / diorite
basalt / andesite
limestone / obsidian
Sometimes lava erupts and flows from long cracks in Earth's crust called _.
rifts
splits
fissures
Processes that form _ rock are weathering, erosion, deposition, burial, and cementation.
sedimentary
metamorphic
igneous
_ and _ are coarse-grained clastic sedimentary rocks.
granite / limestone
sandstone / obsidian
breccia / conglomerate
_ sedimentary rock forms when sediments are buried, compacted, and cemented together by calcite or quartz. _ sedimentary rocks form when water, usually seawater, evaporates.
chemical / clastic
clastic / chemical
intrusive / extrusive
Animal remains, together with sediment, are eventually buried, compacted, and cemented together to form _ limestone.
coquina
chalk
fossiliferous
snuffalupagis
_ is a fossiliferous limestone that consists of the shells of marine mollusks that have been cemented together by calcite.
Coal
Coquina
Granite
Limestone
Two types of organic sedimentary rock are _ and _.
halite
chalk
coal
coquina
_ forms from the remains of fossils, or once-living plants and animals.
Sandstone
Clastic sedimentary rock
Chemical sedimentary rock
Organic sedimentary rock
_ forms when sodium ions and chlorine ions in shallow bodies of water become so concentrated that _ crystallizes from solution.
Calcite / Halite
Halite / halite
Halite / calcite
