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Rocks and the Rock Cycle

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 1hrs 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Metamorphic rock transforms to sediment by ______?

a)

melting and cooling

b)

cementation and compaction

c)

Weathering and erosion

d)

heat and pressure

2.

Heat and ____________ can change sedimentary rock into metamorphic rock.

a)

Pressure

b)

Melting

c)

Coolig

3.

Igneous rocks form from the __________ of magma or lava.

a)

Pressure

b)

Cooling

c)

Heat

4.

_________ is the process which causes magma to form.

a)

Pressure

b)

Melting

c)

Cooling

5.

What Are The Three Main Types Of Rocks?

a)

Igneous, Depository, Metamorphic

b)

Depository, Igneous, Sedimentary

c)

Metamorphic, Igneous, Depository

d)

Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary

6.

How are metamorphic rocks formed?

a)

Heating and cooling

b)

Deposition

c)

Heating and pressure

d)

Compaction and cementation

7.

How are igneous rocks formed?

a)

Compaction and cementation

b)

Heating and pressure

c)

Cooling

d)

Deposition

8.

How are sedimentary rocks formed?

a)

Heating and pressure

b)

Compaction and cementation

c)

Weathering

d)

Cooling

9.

Rocks can turn into any other rocks?

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Minerals and rocks are the same?

a)

True

b)

False

11.
Which type of rock is heated and pressurised but does NOT melt?
a)
igneous
b)
hard rock
c)
metamorphic
d)
sedimentary
12.
Which type of rock is made by small bits of rock, mud, or sand compacted and cemented together?
a)
Coal
b)
igneous
c)
metamorphic
d)
sedimentary
13.

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

14.

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

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Igneous

c)

Metamorphic

15.

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

16.

The process when rocks break into smaller pieces due to exposure to natural elements is called...

a)

Deposition

b)

Erosion

c)

Weathering

17.

The process by which sediments move from one place to another from wind or rain is called...

a)

Deposition

b)

Erosion

c)

Weathering

18.

The process where material is added to land (or a landform). Can be deposited by water, wind or glaciers.

a)

Deposition

b)

Erosion

c)

Weathering

19.

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

20.

What do we call the material that comes from rocks that have been broken down into smaller pieces?

a)

Texture

b)

Weathering

c)

Sediment

d)

Erosion

21.

What causes igneous rocks to form?

a)

Erosion and Weathering

b)

Cooling of magma or lava

c)

Heat and Pressure

22.

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

a)

Magma

b)

Lava

c)

Goo

d)

Really hot goo

23.

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

a)

Magma

b)

Lava

c)

Goo

d)

Really hot goo

24.
The thinnest layer of the Earth is the ___________.
a)
mantle
b)
crust
c)
core
25.
There are how many different types of crust?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
5
d)
3
26.
Which layer of Earth is located above the outer core?
a)
crust
b)
inner core
c)
mantle
d)
lithosphere
27.
What is the top layer of the Earth's surface called? 
a)
Mantle
b)
Innercore
c)
Outercore
d)
Crust
28.
What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth's layers?
a)
crust, mantle, inner core, outer core
b)
mantle, outer core, inner core, crust
c)
inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
d)
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
29.

What is the deepest layer of the Earth?

a)

The outer core

b)

The mantle

c)

The inner core

30.
What are the two types of crust
a)
continental and oceanic
b)
ocean and upper
c)
lower and upper
d)
pizza and subway
31.
The natural chemical or physical processes that breaks down rock on Earth's surface.
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
d)
jackhammering
32.
The process by which water, ice, wind or gravity moves weathered rock and soil from one place to another.
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
d)
dumptruck
33.
How does freezing water cause the weathering of rocks?  The freezing water—
a)
keeps the rocks in place
b)
makes the rocks last longer
c)
expands cracks and breaks rocks
d)
causes rocks to fall in landslides
34.
How do plants weather rocks?
a)
during photosynthesis
b)
when roots grow into cracks of rocks and expand the rock
c)
when the plant moves water from the roots to the leaves
35.

Erosion ________________________.

a)

breaks down rock

b)

moves rocks

c)

deposits rock

d)

is caused by ice wedging

36.

Weathering is the__________________.

a)

breaking down of rocks

b)

movement of rocks

c)

deposition of rocks

37.

What process most likely formed the Grand Canyon?

a)

weathering by wind

b)

rain pounding the rocks

c)

erosion by a river (water)

38.

_____________________ happens when rocks on Earth's surface break apart or change without moving anywhere.

a)

Erosion

b)

Weathering

c)

Deposition

39.

_____________________ is the movement of soil and rock by wind, water, ice, and gravity.

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

40.

______________________ occurs when eroded materials stop moving and begin to build up.

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

41.

Which process describes rain washing away soil from a hill?

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

42.

Which process describes layers of sediment forming at the bottom of the ocean?

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

43.
Which is an example of Erosion?
a)
Sand being pulled away from a beach by waves.
b)
Roots of a tree breaking apart a rock
c)
water in a river smoothing down rocks.
44.

the force that pulls objects toward the center of the earth.

a)

gravity

b)

frost wedging

c)

abrasion

d)

tree root wedging

45.

Which of these does not cause erosion?

a)

liquid water

b)

sunlight

c)

wind

d)

plants

46.

What type of weathering is it when acid rain breaks down and changes the rock.

a)

astronomical weathering

b)

chemical weathering

c)

physiological weathering

d)

mechanical weathering

47.

What is a sediment?

a)

tiny pieces of weathered rock

b)

pollution

c)

chemical reaction

48.

What types of weathering are there?

a)

mental and astronomical

b)

the rainy kind

c)

sedimentary and metamorphic

d)

chemical and mechanical

49.

A farmer's topsoil is blown away during a hurricane is an example of ___________.

a)

weathering

b)

erosion

c)

deposition

50.

Waves dropping sand ashore forming sand bars.

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

51.

Wind blasting sand at rock and carving out arches.

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

52.

Acid rain dissolving undergroud limestone.

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

53.

Involves a reaction; a new substance is created

a)

physical weathering

b)

chemical weathering

54.
a)

physical weathering: abrasion

b)

chemical weathering: reaction with acid

c)

chemical weathering: oxidation

d)

physical weathering: ice/frost wedging

55.

The mechanical breakdown of rocks into smaller pieces that are caused by natural processes that do not change the chemical composition. 

a)

MECHANICAL WEATHERING (PHYSICAL)

b)

CHEMICAL WEATHERING

c)

ABRASION

d)

NONE FO THE ABOVE

56.

A chemical reaction in which a material combines with oxygen to form a new material; in geology, oxidation is a form of chemical weathering.

a)

OXIDATION

b)

WEATHERING

c)

CHEMICAL WEATHERING

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

57.

Roots can grow within the cracks of rocks

a)

animal action

b)

plant growth

c)

abrasion

d)

acid perception

58.

Weathering caused by burrowing and digging, exposing rock and soil to the surface

a)

plant growth

b)

wind abrasion

c)

animal action

d)

water abrasion

59.

What is another term for mechanical weathering?

a)

chemical weathering

b)

physical weathering

c)

eroding weathering

d)

climate

60.

Animals cause chemical weathering by digging burrows.

a)

true

b)

false

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