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WorksheetsCH 8 ROCKS
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins
Who studies rocks?
cosmonauts
archeologists
geologists
meteorologists
Minerals are the building blocks of
elements
rocks
compounds
atoms
These types of rocks are pressed and cemented together by the layers above
metamorphic
sedimentary
igneous
sandstone
These types of rock are formed underground by heat and pressure
igneous
sandstone
metamorphic
sedimentary
These types of rocks are formed from hot, melted material like lava or magma
sandstone
sedimentary
metamorphic
igneous
(a) minerals make of 95% of Earth's rocks
Granite, which forms most of Earth's foundation, is a type of ___________ rock.
sedimentary
igneous (the intrusive kind)
metamorphic
igneous (the extrusive kind)
True or False for Both : For igneous type rock, when Magma cools slowly, grains are LARGE? Lava cooling quickly, grains are SMALL?
True
False
This type of rock is formed from sediments:
sedimentary
metamorphic
igneous
True or False: There is no heat or pressure involved in forming sedimentary rock. Just layers pressing down and cementing together.
False
True
Rocks are mostly which type?
Igneous
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
Check all the following choices that are types of sedimentary rock:
Clastic
extrusive
Chemical
Organic
The following 2 items are organic sedimentary rocks:
metamorphic
conglomerate
coal
chalk
