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Rock Cycle Test

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How are metamorphic rocks formed?

a)

Heating and cooling

b)

Deposition

c)

Heating and pressure

d)

Materials gathering and pressing together

2.

What Are The Three Main Types Of Rocks?

a)

Igneous, Depository, Metamorphic

b)

Depository, Igneous, Sedimentary

c)

Metamorphic, Igneous, Depository

d)

Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary

3.

Minerals and rocks are the same?

a)

True

b)

False

4.

What are rocks made of?

a)

Salt

b)

Minerals

c)

Other rocks

d)

Sand

5.
What is the MAIN way rocks are classified?
a)
Their color and shapes
b)
How they form
c)
Mineral bands
d)
Where they form
6.
This rock was found near the mouth of a volcano. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
7.

How are igneous rocks formed?

a)

Sediment forming together

b)

Heating and pressure

c)

Cooling

d)

Deposition

8.
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
9.

_ is molten rock that is below Earth's surface.

a)

Lava

b)

Magma

c)

Sediment

d)

Rock

10.

Which is not a major kind of rock?

a)

Igneous

b)

Magma

c)

Sedimentary

d)

Metamorphic

11.

A series of processes on the surface and inside Earth that slowly changes rocks, magma and lava from one kind to another is called

a)

Erosion

b)

Weathering

c)

Rock Cycle

d)

Deposition

12.

rock formed from the cooling of molten rock below Earth’s surface (ex. granite)

a)

extrusive igneous rock

b)

intrusive igneous rock

c)

lava

d)

magma

13.

rock formed from the cooling of molten rock on Earth’s surface (ex. pumice)

a)

extrusive igneous rock

b)

intrusive igneous rock

c)

lava

d)

magma

14.

Rocks can turn into any other rocks?

a)

True

b)

False

15.

How does an Igneous rock become a Sedimentary Rock?

a)

Melting

b)

1st is weathering, erosion, and deposition

2nd is compaction and cementation

c)

Heat and pressure

d)

Crystallisation

16.

How does a Metamorphic rock become an igneous rock?

a)

1st it must melt. 2nd it must go through crystallisation.

b)

1st is weathering, erosion, and deposition

2nd is compaction and cementation

c)

Heat and pressure

d)

Crystallisation

17.

Which of the following rocks contain fossils?

a)

igneous

b)

metamorphic

c)

sedimentary

d)

granite

18.

How are igneous rocks formed?

a)

hurricanes

b)

irrigation

c)

tornadoes

d)

volcanoes

19.
What is the formation process of igneous rocks?
a)
Magma or lava cools and hardens
b)
minerals crystallize out of water
c)
cement binds rock fragments together
d)
heat and pressure change the composition and texture of the rock 
20.
How does extrusive igneous rocks differ from intrusive igneous rocks? 
a)
extrusive rocks are larger in size
b)
extrusive rocks are smaller in size 
c)
intrusive rocks have smaller crystals
d)
intrusive rocks are formed below earth's surface