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Rock cycle

Total questions: 62

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which type of rock results from the melting and cooling of magma?
a)
Intrusive
b)
Extrusive
c)
Foliated
d)
Nonfoliated
2.
Which type of rock forms from extreme heat and pressure?
a)
Igneous 
b)
Sedimentary
c)
Metamorphic
d)
Organic
3.
T / F As part of the rock cycle, rocks can only follow 1 set pathway.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
4.
Metamorphic rocks are formed by...
a)
Weathering and Erosion
b)
Heat and Pressure
c)
Melting and Cooling
d)
Deposition and Crystallizing
5.
The Rock Cycle starts with...
a)
Sediment
b)
Melting
c)
Igneous Rock
d)
Anything
6.
Which pathway CANNOT be taken by an igneous rock?
a)
compaction and cementation
b)
melting
c)
weathering and erosion
d)
heat and pressure
7.
All rocks can be...
a)
melted, compacted, and cooled
b)
melted, transformed, and eroded
c)
cooled, transformed, and eroded
d)
cooled, compacted, and transformed
8.
How does pumice become sandstone?
a)
weathering and erosion to sediment, then compaction 
b)
melting into magma, then cooling
c)
transformed by heat and pressure
d)
cooling into sediment, then transformed
9.

Sedimentary Rock --> ____________--> Sediment

a)

compaction and cemetation

b)

weathering and erosion

c)

heat and pressure

d)

melting and cooling

10.

Magma --> _____________ --> Igneous Rock

a)

Melting

b)

Cooling

c)

Metamorphism

d)

Compaction

11.

Which is NOT accurate?

a)

Igneous -->Melting --> Magma

b)

Sediment --> Compaction --> Sedimentary

c)

Metamorphic --> Heat and Pressure --> Sedimentary

d)

Magma --> Cooling --> Igneous

12.

Metamorphic Rock --> Weathering & Erosion --> __________

a)

Magma

b)

Igneous

c)

Sediment

d)

Metamorphic

13.

Sedimentary --> ____________--> magma

a)

Weathering and Erosion

b)

Heat and Pressure

c)

Melting

d)

Cooling

14.

Which Earth process breaks down rock into smaller pieces rock sediment?

a)

Erosion

b)

Compaction

c)

Weathering

d)

Cooling

15.

Which Earth process creates new rock?

a)

Weathering

b)

Cooling

c)

Erosion

d)

Melting

16.

What is the process by which rock is broken into fragments called sediments?

a)

Deposition

b)

Erosion

c)

Weathering

d)

Igneous Rock

17.

Rock that forms when pressure and heat change existing rock.

a)

Igneous Rock

b)

Sedimentary Rock

c)

Metamorphic Rock

d)

Rock Cycle

18.

The process by which igneous rocks are formed...

a)

heat and pressure

b)

melting and cooling and crystallizing

c)

compaction and cementation

d)

weathering and erosion

19.
An igneous rock can become ______.
a)
metamorphic
b)
sedimentary
c)
igneous
d)
all of these
20.

When weathering breaks rocks into pieces, what do we call those smaller pieces?

a)
texture
b)
weathering
c)
sediment
d)
erosion
21.
_______ rock forms from magma/lava
a)
Metamorphic
b)
Sedimentary
c)
Igneous
22.

The process by which sediment is moved from one place to another.

a)

weathering

b)

Uplift

c)

Deposition

d)

Erosion

23.

This process changes rocks to magma.

a)

melting

b)

cooling and crystallizing

c)

weathering and erosion

d)

heat and pressure

24.

This process takes sediments and changes them to sedimentary rock.

a)

weathering and erosion

b)

compacting and cementing

c)

heat and pressure

d)

melting

25.

Heat and pressure create this type of rock.

a)

igneous

b)

sedimentary

c)

metamorphic

d)

sediments

26.

This process changes magma into igneous rock.

a)

weathering and erosion

b)

melting

c)

heat and pressure

d)

cooling and crystallizing

27.

What is the energy source for igneous rocks to form?

a)

Earth's hot interior

b)

the sun

c)

gravity

d)

magnetism

28.

What is the energy source for sedimentary rocks to form?

a)

Earth's hot interior

b)

gravity and the sun

c)

the moon

d)

magnetism

29.

What is the energy for metamorphic rocks to form?

a)

earth's hot interior

b)

gravity

c)

the sun

d)

magnetism

30.

How would an igneous rock become sedimentary?

a)

weathering, erosion, deposition then compacting and cementing

b)

melting then cooling and crystallizing

c)

heat and pressure

d)

melting then weathering and erosion

31.

How would a sedimentary rock become an igneous rock?

a)

weathering and erosion

b)

melting then cooling and crystallizing

c)

heat and pressure

d)

compacting and cementing

32.

What is magma called when it is above ground?

a)

magma

b)

sediments

c)

lava

d)

metamorphic

33.

Where do metamorphic rocks form?

a)

underwater

b)

near volcanoes

c)

deep underground

d)

in the air

34.

Where do igneous rocks form?

a)

underwater

b)

deep underground

c)

in the air

d)

near volcanoes

35.

Where do sedimentary rocks form?

a)

underwater

b)

deep underground

c)

near volcanoes

d)

in the air

36.

These Rocks are formed from Magma and Lava

a)

Metamorphic

b)

Igneous

c)

Sedimentary

37.

These Rocks are formed from Heat and Pressure

a)

Metamorphic

b)

Igneous

c)

Sedimentary

38.

These Rocks are form from layers of sediment over Millions of years

a)

Metamorphic

b)

Igneous

c)

Sedimentary

39.

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

40.

This rock started as molten magma but transformed after a volcano erupted. What type of rock is this?

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Igneous

c)

Metamorphic

41.

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

42.

What are the 3 major types of rocks?

a)

Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic

b)

Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation

c)

Magma, Lava, Crystals

d)

Air, Water, Earth, Fire

43.

Molten rock below the Earth's surface is called...

a)

Magma

b)

Lava

c)

Goo

d)

Really hot goo

44.

Molten rock above the Earth's surface is called...

a)

Magma

b)

Lava

c)

Goo

d)

Really hot goo

45.

Any rock can turn into any other kind of rock.

a)

True

b)

False

46.
A rock formed from fragments of other rocks is a(n)
a)
Metamorphic Rock
b)
Sedimentary Rock
c)
Extrusive Rock
d)
Igneous Rock
47.
If heat and pressure inside the Earth cause a rock to melt, the material that formed would be
a)
Metamorphic
b)
Magma
c)
Sedimentary
d)
Igneous
48.
You find a rock in which the grains are arranged in parallel bands of white and black crystals.  The rock is probably a(n)
a)
Igneous rock
b)
Sedimentary rock
c)
Metamorphic rock
d)
Extrusive rock
49.
The three groups of rocks are classified by
a)
How they form
b)
Color
c)
Grain size
d)
Chemical Composition
50.
Fossils are only found in
a)
Sedimentary rocks
b)
Foliated Metamorphic rocks
c)
Igneous Rocks
d)
Nonfoliated Metamorphic rocks
51.
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
52.
This rock started as molten magma. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
53.
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
54.
What are the 3 major types of rocks?
a)
Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation
c)
magma, lava, crystals
55.
The process by which igneous rocks are formed...
a)
heat and pressure
b)
melting and cooling
c)
weathering and erosion
56.
The process by which metamorphic rocks are formed...
a)
heat and pressure
b)
erosion and deposition
c)
melting and cooling
57.
The name rock is given when it is broken down into smaller pieces.
a)
texture
b)
weathering
c)
sediment
d)
erosion
58.
The process when rocks break into smaller pieces due to exposure to natural elements is called
a)
erosion
b)
weathering
c)
sediments
59.
This rock formed when bits of other rocks became pressed into a solid. What type of rock is it?
a)
Sedimentary Rock
b)
Metamorphic Rock
c)
Igneous Rock
60.
Extreme Heat and Pressure creates a _________ rock.
a)
Igneous
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Sedimentary
d)
Mineral
61.

What changes rocks from one type to another?

a)

forces inside the Earth and at the surface

b)

nothing does they don't change

c)

forces inside the Earth

d)

Forces at the surface

62.

How does metamorphic rock change into sediments?

a)

Heat and Pressure

b)

Weathering and Erosion

c)

Melting

d)

Compaction and Cementation

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