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Rocks and Rock Cycle

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

With regards to rocks, in the rock cycle these three things happen to rocks over time.

a)

Sublimated

b)

Created

c)

Destroyed

d)

Transformed

e)

Personified

2.

With regards to rocks match the image to the process.

a)
1.

New rock being created in a lava flow

b)
2.

Rock being destroyed and carried off in a flash flood

c)
3.

Rock being transformed by heat from an adjacent magma chamber

d)
4.

Rock being destroy by ice freezing and expanding in the rock over and over again.

e)
5.

Animals digging & burrowing into rock and soils

3.

Rock that comes from a magma or lava source?

a)

Igneous

b)

Metamorphic

c)

Sedimentary

4.

Preexisting rock that is/was altered by extreme heat, pressure, or both.

a)

Igneous

b)

Metamorphic

c)

Sedimentary

5.

Rocks that form from the weathering and erosion of sediments, which are cemented and compacted in new locations.

a)

Igneous

b)

Metamorphic

c)

Sedimentary

6.

Igneous extrusive means the rock formed from a _________, ________

a)

magma

b)

lava

c)

underground

d)

on the surface

7.

Igneous intrusive means the rock formed from a _________, __________.

a)

magma

b)

lava

c)

on the surface

d)

underground

8.

The best way to know whether an igneous rock cooled slowly or rapidly is to check that rocks (a)   size. (7 letters)

9.

Match the following

a)
1.

Granite

b)
2.

Pummice

c)
3.

Obsidian

d)
4.

Basalt

e)
5.

Rhyolite

10.

The processes that break down prexisting rock near or on the Earth's surface.

a)

cementation

b)

compaction

c)

erosion

d)

weathering

11.

When sediment gets carried away by wind, water, ice, gravity we call this....

a)

weathering

b)

erosion

c)

cementation

d)

compaction

12.

Match the following

a)

pieces of weathered particles: clay, silt, sand, cobbles, and boulders.

1.

Sediment

b)

Processes which break down rock physically and chemically.

2.

Weathering

c)

How sediment gets carried to a new location, water, glaciers, wind, and gravity.

3.

Erosion

13.

Match the following

a)
1.

Sandstone

b)
2.

Limestone

c)
3.

Chalk

d)
4.

Flint

e)
5.

Conglomerate

14.

Gneiss occur when the igneous rock _____ is squashed under pressure.

a)

basalt

b)

granite

c)

pegmatite

15.

Schist is formed when the sedimentary rock ______ is put under high temperatures.

a)

Sandstone

b)

Shale

c)

Limestone

d)

Chalk

16.

Marble is made from the sedimentary rock _______ under high pressures and temperatures.

a)

Limestone

b)

Sandstone

c)

Granite

d)

Shale

17.

Match the following

a)
1.

Gniess

b)
2.

Schist

c)
3.

slate

d)
4.

marble

e)
5.

Serpentine

18.

If this magma cools and solidifies underground, it will become

a)

intrusive igneous

b)

extrusive igneous

c)

sedimentary

d)

metamorphic

19.

If it remains underground, the magma will

a)

cool quickly

b)

cool slowly

20.

slow cooling underground results in ____

a)

large mineral grains

b)

small mineral grains

c)

glassy texture

d)

gas pockest

21.

this rock cooled and solidified

a)

quickly, on the surface

b)

quickly, in the air

c)

rapidly, in water

d)

slowly, underground

22.
a)

vesicular

b)

glassy

c)

fine-grained

d)

coarse-grained

23.

this lava will cool ______on the surface

a)

slowly

b)

quickly

24.

the rocks forming here will be classified as...

a)

extrusive igneous

b)

intrusive igneous

25.
a)

fine-grained

b)

coarse-grained

c)

glassy

d)

vesicular

26.
a)

extrusive

b)

intrusive

27.
a)

extrusive

b)

intrusive

28.
a)

fine-grained

b)

coarse-grained

c)

glassy

d)

vesicular

29.
a)

fine-grained

b)

coarse-grained

c)

glassy

d)

vesicular

30.
a)

intrusive

b)

extrusive

31.
a)

fine-grained

b)

coarse-grained

c)

glassy

d)

vesicular

32.
a)

intrusive

b)

extrusive

33.
a)

fine-grained

b)

coarse-grained

c)

vesicular

d)

glassy

34.
a)

slow cooling

b)

rapid cooling

35.
a)

intrusive

b)

extrusive

36.
a)

intrusive

b)

extrusive

37.
a)

magma - will create extrusive rocks

b)

lava - will create extrusive rocks

c)

magma, will create intrusive rocks

d)

lava, will create intrusive rocks

38.

Which of the following is a sedimentary rock

a)

Sandstone

b)

Quartzite

c)

Diorite

d)

Marble

39.

What are Sedimentary Rocks made of?

a)

Magma

b)

Dead flora and fauna

c)

Broken Fossils

d)

Accumulated Sediments

40.

Which of these are Sedimentary Rocks?

Choose 2

a)

Chalk

b)

Granite

c)

Sandstone

d)

Basalt

41.

How can they be identified?

a)

Only pets can identify them

b)

They are only one colour

c)

All sedimentary rocks are identified by their personality

d)

Often made up of visible layers

42.

How are Sedimentary Rocks formed?

a)

Cooled Lava/Magma

b)

They are formed by the accumulation of minerals from surrounding pressure

c)

Magicians

d)

Fossilised flora and fauna

43.

With regards to rocks, in the rock cycle these three things happen to rocks over time.

a)

Sublimated

b)

Created

c)

Destroyed

d)

Transformed

e)

Personified

44.

With regards to rocks match the image to the process.

a)
1.

New rock being created in a lava flow

b)
2.

Rock being destroyed and carried off in a flash flood

c)
3.

Rock being transformed by heat from an adjacent magma chamber

d)
4.

Rock being destroy by ice freezing and expanding in the rock over and over again.

e)
5.

Animals digging & burrowing into rock and soils

45.

Rock that comes from a magma or lava source?

a)

Igneous

b)

Metamorphic

c)

Sedimentary

46.

Preexisting rock that is/was altered by extreme heat, pressure, or both.

a)

Igneous

b)

Metamorphic

c)

Sedimentary

47.

Rocks that form from the weathering and erosion of sediments, which are cemented and compacted in new locations.

a)

Igneous

b)

Metamorphic

c)

Sedimentary

48.

The best way to know whether an igneous rock cooled slowly or rapidly is to check that rocks (a)   size. (7 letters)

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