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Rock Cycle Quiz

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 7hrs 43mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which number rock (look at their numbers in the diagram) is most likely formed by a volcano?

a)

Rock #1

b)

Rock #2

c)

Rock #3

2.

If Rock #1 is sedimentary rock, what process must be represented by Arrow A?

a)

Heat and pressure

b)

Weathering and Erosion

c)

Formation of Lava

d)

Both A and B

3.

What additional process could be added to arrow A?

a)

Heat and Pressure

b)

Magma Formation

c)

Cementation and Compaction

d)

Quickly Moving Water

4.

What type of rock is Rock #2?

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Igneous

c)

Metamorphic

d)

Sandstone

5.

What type of rock is Rock #3?

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Igneous

c)

Metamorphic

d)

pumice

6.

It is possible for metamorphic rock to be changed into

a)

igneous rock

b)

sedimentary rock

c)

both sedimentary or igneous

d)

neither sedimentary or igneous

7.

Granite is an igneous rock. During the rock cycle, granite is changed into gneiss, a metamorphic rock. The processes that act on granite and change it into gneiss are

a)

weathering and erosion

b)

heat and pressure

c)

compacting and cementing

d)

melting, cooling, and hardening

8.

Water fills a small lake in a dry region. After a few weeks, the lake evaporates, leaving behind a thin layer of crystals that form from minerals dissolved in the lake water. Each year, a new layer is added. Which type of rock is MOST likely to be formed by this process?

a)

sedimentary

b)

igneous

c)

metamorphic

d)

pumice

9.

Which number rock (look at their numbers in the diagram) is most likely formed by a volcano?

a)

Rock #1

b)

Rock #2

c)

Rock #3

10.

If Rock #1 is sedimentary rock, what process must be represented by Arrow A?

a)

Heat and pressure

b)

Weathering and Erosion

c)

Formation of Lava

d)

Both A and B

11.

What additional process could be added to arrow A?

a)

Heat and Pressure

b)

Magma Formation

c)

Cementation and Compaction

d)

Quickly Moving Water

12.

What type of rock is Rock #2?

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Igneous

c)

Metamorphic

d)

Sandstone

13.

What type of rock is Rock #3?

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Igneous

c)

Metamorphic

d)

pumice

14.

It is possible for metamorphic rock to be changed into

a)

igneous rock

b)

sedimentary rock

c)

both sedimentary or igneous

d)

neither sedimentary or igneous

15.

Granite is an igneous rock. During the rock cycle, granite is changed into gneiss, a metamorphic rock. The processes that act on granite and change it into gneiss are

a)

weathering and erosion

b)

heat and pressure

c)

compacting and cementing

d)

melting, cooling, and hardening

16.

Water fills a small lake in a dry region. After a few weeks, the lake evaporates, leaving behind a thin layer of crystals that form from minerals dissolved in the lake water. Each year, a new layer is added. Which type of rock is MOST likely to be formed by this process?

a)

sedimentary

b)

igneous

c)

metamorphic

d)

pumice

17.

Rocks can be classified as sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic based primarily upon differences in their

a)

color

b)

origin and formation

c)

density

d)

age

18.

Look at the diagram.

Which type of rock would be most likely to form at Point X?

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Igenous

c)

Metamorphic

d)

Pumice

19.

Look at the diagram.

Which type of rock would be most likely to form at Point Y?

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Igenous

c)

Metamorphic

d)

Pumice

20.

Look at the diagram.

Which type of rock would be most likely to form at Point Z?

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Igenous

c)

Metamorphic

d)

Pumice

21.

This stone is called pumice. It is created when super-heated rock that has bubbles in it is rapidly cooled, forming lots of "holes" in the rock. What type of rock is pumice?

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Igneous

c)

Metamorphic

22.

This stone is called marble. Marble is a rock that is formed when limestone is exposed to high temperatures and pressures. What type of rock is marble?

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Igneous

c)

Metamorphic

23.

This rock is called a conglomerate rock, sometimes called a "puddingstone". It is composed of smaller rocks cemented together in a mixture of sand, mud, and chemical cement. What type of rock is this?

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Igneous

c)

Metamorphic

24.

Sedimentary rocks can be made of particles from which of the following?

a)

Sedimentary rock

b)

Igneous rock

c)

Metamorphic rock

d)

All of the different types of rocks

25.

Identify #1

a)

Cools

b)

Melts

c)

Compaction and Cementation

d)

Heat and Pressure

26.

Identify #2

a)

Cools

b)

Melts

c)

Compaction and Cementation

d)

Heat and Pressure

27.

Identify #3

a)

Weathering and Erosion

b)

Melts

c)

Compaction and Cementation

d)

Heat and Pressure

28.

Identify #4

a)

Weathering and Erosion

b)

Melts

c)

Compaction and Cementation

d)

Heat and Pressure

29.

Identify #5

a)

Weathering and Erosion

b)

Melts

c)

Compaction and Cementation

d)

Heat and Pressure

30.

Identify #6

a)

Weathering and Erosion

b)

Melts

c)

Compaction and Cementation

d)

Heat and Pressure

31.

Identify #7

a)

Weathering and Erosion

b)

Melts

c)

Compaction and Cementation

d)

Heat and Pressure

32.

Identify #8

a)

Weathering and Erosion

b)

Melts

c)

Compaction and Cementation

d)

Heat and Pressure

33.

______________ is responsible for the constant formation of rocks.

a)

Earth's rotation

b)

Plate Tectonics

c)

Earth's axis

d)

Severe weather

34.

This refers to rocks forming and transforming.

a)

Earthquakes

b)

Rock Cycle

c)

Volcanoes

d)

Metamorphism

35.

What are the three classes of rocks?

a)

Classic, modern, and metal

b)

Igneous, metamorphic, and classic

c)

Metamorphic, metal, and sedimentary

d)

Sedimentary, Igneous, and metamorphic

36.

What process(es) is necessary to change a sedimentary rock to a metamorphic rock?

a)

Erosion and/or weathering

b)

Heat and/or pressure

c)

Deposition and/or cementation

d)

Melting

37.

How do sediments become sedimentary rock?

a)

Deposition and burial leading to compaction and cementation

b)

Melting leading to solidification

c)

Heat and/or pressure applied to the sediments

d)

None of the above

38.

How is magma formed?

a)

From ice and snow splitting rock

b)

By wind carrying sediment

c)

Through deposition of sediment

d)

From the melting of rock

39.

How does magma become igneous rock?

a)

Through deposition

b)

Through cementation

c)

Through melting

d)

Through solidification

40.

How does igneous rock become metamorphic rock?

a)

Through deposition

b)

Through cementation

c)

Through heat and/or pressure

d)

Through solidification

41.

How does a metamorphic rock become an igneous rock?

a)

Through deposition

b)

Through cementation

c)

Through heat and/or pressure

d)

Through solidification

42.

How are sediments formed?

a)

Heat and pressure

b)

Weathering and erosion

c)

Deposition and burial

d)

Melting and solidification

43.

Which process cannot happen?

a)

Igneous rock => heat and or pressure => metamorphic rock

b)

Igneous rock => weathering and erosion => burial => deposition => cementation => sedimentary rock

c)

Metamorphic rock => melting => solidification => igneous rock

d)

Sedimentary rock => melting => solidification => metamorphic rock

44.

Can an igneous rock become another igneous rock?

a)

Yes

b)

No

45.

Cementation

a)

The process where sediment becomes glued together

b)

Molten rock material found on the Earth's surface; type of igneous rock that cools the fastest

c)

Process that forms and recycles different rocks; process of rocks changing from one for to another

d)

Rock Cycle Diagram diagram showing the various processes needed to change one type of rock into another.

46.

How many types of rocks are there?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

47.

Sediments come from?

a)

heat and pressure

b)

wind and erosion

c)

compacting and cementation

d)

cooling

48.

Igneous rocks are the only rocks created by________.

a)

magma heating.

b)

magma cooling.

c)

the Earth's crust.

d)

sediment.

49.

Heat and pressure create ________.

a)

sediment

b)

magma

c)

metamorphic rock

d)

igneous rock

50.

When parts of the crust are being pulled down into the earth

a)

heat and pressure

b)

subduction

c)

cooling

d)

pressure

51.

How do igneous rocks become sediment?

a)

heating

b)

compaction and cementation

c)

meltong

d)

weathering and erosion

52.

Sediment becomes sedimentary rock through:

a)

compacting & cementing

b)

heat and pressure

c)

wind & erosion

d)

melting & cooling

53.

Sedimentary rock becomes metamorphic through

a)

compacting and cementation

b)

melting

c)

heat and pressure

d)

wind and erosion

54.

Metamorphic rock becomes magma by:

a)

heat

b)

melting

c)

pressure

d)

cooling

55.

Magma becomes igneous rock through:

a)

eruptions

b)

forming crystals

c)

forming sediment

d)

cooling

56.

Igneous rock becomes magma by:

a)

heat and pressure

b)

cooling

c)

forming crystals

d)

melting

57.

Examples of weathering and erosion are_____ (pick all that apply).

a)

hail

b)

wind

c)

snow

d)

rain

58.

The following is an example of which type of metamorphic rock

a)

foliated

b)

unfoliated

59.

Fossils only appear in which type of rock?

a)

igneous

b)

sedimentary

c)

metamorphic

d)

new

60.

What type of igneous rock is created as magma slowly moves toward earth's surface and cools?

a)

sediment

b)

crystalization

c)

intrusive

d)

extrusive

61.

What type of igneous rock is formed when lava cools after a volcanic eruption?

a)

sedimentary

b)

intrusive

c)

extrusive

d)

crystalization

62.

"Rocks can not be created or destroyed, they are constantly ____________________"

a)

deposited

b)

changing

c)

disappearing

d)

coliding

63.

Sedimentary rocks are formed from

a)

coal

b)

the remains of living things

c)

dissolved minerals

d)

sediment

64.

What do you call liquid rock found in earth's interior?

a)

Earth rock

b)

lava

c)

mantle

d)

magma

65.

What causes the rock cycle?

a)

weathering and erosion

b)

lithification

c)

tectonic plates

d)

heat and pressure

66.

In order for metamorphic rock to become igneous rock it must....

a)

melt, then cool.

b)

be broken down

c)

cool, then melt

d)

melt

67.

Crystals are a property of which type of rock?

a)

sedimentary

b)

igneous

c)

metamorphic

68.

Ribbon-like layers are a property of which type of rock

a)

igneous

b)

sedimentary

c)

metamorphic

69.

Holes or "bubbles" are a property of which type of rock?

a)

sedimentary

b)

igneous

c)

metamorphic

70.

The oldest layers of sediment are found where?

a)

top formation

b)

middle formation

c)

bottom formation

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