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Types of Rocks Quiz

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are some words relating to rocks?

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2.

What rock has fossils in it?

a)
Sedimentary rock
b)

All rocks

c)
Metamorphic rock
d)
Igneous rock
3.

What action needs to happen for a Metamorphic rock to become a Igneous rock?

a)

It needs to be compressed and and cemented

b)

It needs to melt and then cool

c)

Weathering needs to happen to it

d)

It needs to be needs an intense amount of pressure and heat

4.

What rock forms by sediments being pressed or glued together to form a new rock?

(a)  

5.

Which answers relate to Igneous rocks?

a)

Commonly associated with volcanoes

b)

Form with intense heat and pressure

c)

Forms with magma cooling and hardening under Earth's surface

d)

Made by sediments

e)

None of the above

6.

Rocks are always...

a)

Living things

b)

Foliated

c)

Metamorphic

d)

Solid

7.

What type of rocks are formed by sediments being pressed or glued together to form a new rock

a)

Sediments

b)
Metamorphic rocks
c)
Igneous rocks
d)
Sedimentary rocks
8.

What are two types of Igneous Rocks?

a)

Sedimentary and Metamorphic

b)
Volcanic and Plutonic
c)

Inside the Earth and Outside the Earth

d)

Intrusive and extrusive

9.

What statement best describes how rocks are classified as certain types of rocks?

a)

By the temperature at which they were formed

b)
According to their weight and density
c)

Based on their color and size

d)

How they were formed

10.

What type of rock forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat or pressure.

a)

Sedimentary rock

b)

Metamorphic rock

c)

Igneous rock

d)

Magma rock

11.

What type of rock forms when magma or lava cools and hardens?

a)

Sedimentary rock

b)

Metamorphic rock

c)

Igneous rock

d)

Magma rock

12.

Which answer is true about a rock?

a)

A rock always has at least two minerals

b)

A rock has no minerals

c)

A rock normally has one or more minerals

d)
A rock is a man-made object
13.

How fast do Intrusive rocks cool?

a)

Quick

b)

Slow

14.

The rock cycle has no ____

a)

Rocks

b)

Beginning

c)

Beginning or end

d)

End, but it does have a beginning

15.

What type of rock has a bigger crystal size?

a)

Extrusive igneous rocks

b)

Intrusive igneous rocks

16.

What is the processes of which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away.

a)

Cementation

b)

Compaction

c)

Erosion

d)

Deposition

17.

What type of rock forms from the cooling and hardening of lava at Earth's surface?

a)

Intrusive igneous rock

b)

Erosion

c)

Extrusive igneous rock

d)

Igneous

18.

How would an igneous rock turn into a sedimentary rock?

a)
By melting and cooling
b)
By sublimation and condensation
c)
By evaporation and crystallization
d)

By weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, cementation

19.

What is the rock cycle?

a)

The process of turning soil into rocks

b)

The process of turning rocks into soil

c)

The formation, breakdown, and reformation of rocks

d)

The process of turning rocks into magma

20.

The process of rock formation can occur either below the earth's surface, resulting in (a)   igneous rocks.

21.

What process forms metamorphic rocks?

a)

Weathering and erosion

b)

Deposition and compaction

c)

Melting and cooling

d)

High pressure and high temperature

22.

How did you like this quizizz?

a)

ABSOLUTE BEST QUIZIZZ EVER!!! (And it helped me study)

b)

It was pretty good, and it helped me study pretty well.

c)

It was... Ehh. And it didn't help me study much.

d)

It could have been a lot better, but I got a bit of studying out of it.

e)

THIS IS THE WORST QUIZIZZ EVER!!! (I got no studying out of it)