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Unit 4: Rocks, Minerals, and Weathering

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which type of rock is formed when magma or lava cools and solidifies?

a)

Igneous rock

b)

Granite

c)

Metamorphic rock

d)

Sedimentary rock

2.

Which type of rocks are created when other rocks are changed through heat and/or pressure?

a)

Igneous rocks

b)

Metamorphic rocks

c)

Sedimentary rocks

d)

Volcanic rocks

3.

How are sedimentary rocks formed?

a)

Sedimentary rocks are formed from the accumulation and lithification of sediment.

b)

Sedimentary rocks are formed through the process of metamorphism.

c)

Sedimentary rocks are formed by the cooling of magma.

d)

Sedimentary rocks are formed from volcanic activity.

4.

Which of the following minerals is a silicate?

a)

Calcite (CaCO3)

b)

Gypsum (CaSO4)

c)

Halite (NaCl)

d)

Quartz (SiO2)

5.

What type of rock is pictured?

a)

Extrusive Igneous Rock

b)

Foliated Metamorphic Rock

c)

Nonfoliated Metamorphic Rock

d)

Sedimentary Rock

6.

the science that deals with the dynamics and physical history of the Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the physical, chemical, and biological changes that the Earth has undergone or is undergoing

(a)  

7.

Rocks consist of one or more (a)   .

8.

Which type of sedimentary rock is composed of compacted broken rocks?

a)

Clastic

b)

Organic

c)

non-clastic

d)

chemical

9.

Rocks form the Earth's ______________________.

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

core

d)

atmosphere

10.

Which of the following are types of igneous rocks? Check ALL that apply.

a)

plutonic

b)

intrusive

c)

extrusive

d)

foliated

e)

volcanic

11.

Which of the following are types of metamorphic rocks? Check ALL that apply.

a)

foliated

b)

plutonic

c)

non-foliated

d)

clastic

e)

non-clastic

12.

Which of the following are types of sedimentary rocks? Check ALL that apply.

a)

clastic

b)

non-clastic

c)

volcanic

d)

chemical

e)

organic

13.

Match the following.

a)

formed from slow magma cooling

1.

plutonic igneous rocks

b)

formed from rapid lava cooling

2.

volcanic igneous rocks

c)

formed from compacted broken rocks

3.

clastic sedimentary rocks

d)

formed when rocks undergo transformation due to pressure

4.

foliated metamorphic rocks

e)

formed when rocks undergo transformation due to heat

5.

non-foliated metamorphic rocks