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CH 8 ROCKS

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who studies rocks?

a)

cosmonauts

b)

archeologists

c)

geologists

d)

meteorologists

2.

Minerals are the building blocks of

a)

elements

b)

rocks

c)

compounds

d)

atoms

3.

These types of rocks are pressed and cemented together by the layers above

a)

metamorphic

b)

sedimentary

c)

igneous

d)

sandstone

4.

These types of rock are formed underground by heat and pressure

a)

igneous

b)

sandstone

c)

metamorphic

d)

sedimentary

5.

These types of rocks are formed from hot, melted material like lava or magma

a)

sandstone

b)

sedimentary

c)

metamorphic

d)

igneous

6.

(a)   minerals make of 95% of Earth's rocks

7.

Granite, which forms most of Earth's foundation, is a type of ___________ rock.

a)

sedimentary

b)

igneous (the intrusive kind)

c)

metamorphic

d)

igneous (the extrusive kind)

8.

True or False for Both : For igneous type rock, when Magma cools slowly, grains are LARGE? Lava cooling quickly, grains are SMALL?

a)

True

b)

False

9.

This type of rock is formed from sediments:

a)

sedimentary

b)

metamorphic

c)

igneous

10.

True or False: There is no heat or pressure involved in forming sedimentary rock. Just layers pressing down and cementing together.

a)

False

b)

True

11.

Rocks are mostly which type?

a)

Igneous

b)

Metamorphic

c)

Sedimentary

12.

Check all the following choices that are types of sedimentary rock:

a)

Clastic

b)

extrusive

c)

Chemical

d)

Organic

13.

The following 2 items are organic sedimentary rocks:

a)

metamorphic

b)

conglomerate

c)

coal

d)

chalk