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Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is underground molten rock?
a)
Lava
b)
Magma
c)
Soil
d)
Intrusive
2.
What is aboveground molten rock?
a)
Extrusive
b)
Magma
c)
Lava
d)
Sedimentary
3.
A rock formed from fragments of other rocks is a(n)
a)
Metamorphic Rock
b)
Sedimentary Rock
c)
Extrusive Rock
d)
Igneous Rock
4.
An igneous rock containing large crystals is most likely a(n)
a)
Chemical Rock
b)
Foliated Rock
c)
Extrusive Rock
d)
Intrusive Rock
5.
A metamorphic rock in which the grains line up in parallel bands is a
a)
Clastic Rock
b)
Nonclastic Rock
c)
Nonfoliated Rock
d)
Foliated Rock
6.
As lava cools and crystallizes, what type of rock will form?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Extrusive Igneous
d)
Intrusive Igneous
7.
When minerals line up in bands within a metamorphic rock, this rock is...
a)
Nonfoliated
b)
Foliated
c)
Igneous
d)
Sedimentary
8.
Which of the following is not a rock
a)
Pumice
b)
Lava
c)
Halite
d)
Sandstone
9.
The three groups of rocks are classified by
a)
How they form
b)
Color
c)
Grain size
d)
Chemical Composition
10.
This rock was another type of rock that was heated and compressed over time. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
11.
This rock started as molten magma. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
12.
This rock was formed by smaller pieces of rock that settled at the bottom of a lake millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
13.
The process when rocks break into smaller pieces due to exposure to natural elements is called
a)
erosion
b)
weathering
c)
sediments
14.
What are the 3 major types of rocks?
a)
Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation
c)
magma, lava, crystals
15.
Which rock is formed form the cooling of volcanic ash on Earth's surface?
a)
intrusive igneous
b)
foliated metamorphic
c)
extrusive igneous
d)
organic sedimentary
16.
Rocks that form from colling magma inside Earth?
a)
Igneous intrusive
b)
Igneous extrusive
c)
Metamorphic foliated
d)
Metamorphic nonfoliated
17.
Limestone is a sedimentary rock. During the rock cycle, limestone is changed into marble, a metamorphic rock. The processes that act on limestone and change it into marble are
a)
weather and erosion
b)
heat and pressure
c)
compacting and cementing
d)
melting, cooling, and hardening
18.
Choose the number where the following description best fits: Hot lava cools.
a)
1
b)
3
c)
4
d)
5
19.
Choose the number where the following description best fits: Great pressure and heat.
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
20.
Choose the number where the following description best fits: Great heat from the center of the Earth causes melting.
a)
1
b)
3
c)
4
d)
5
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