WorksheetsRock Cycle Practice
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 20mins
Frost wedging is a form of chemical weathering.
A rock will rust if it contains iron.
Which is an example of erosion?
Sediment getting carried to shore by the waves.
Waves pulling debris back into the ocean
A person crushing sand on the beach.
Granite generally has large crystals?
False
True
A rock has gas pockets (holes) and is rough. The rock probably
formed on a beach
formed when a volcano explosively erupted and the lava cooled very quickly
A volcanologist finds an igneous rock with a glassy texture and no visible mineral crystals. That rock cooled …
very quickly and is extrusive
very slowly and is intrusive
A rock made from the remains of ancient plants or animals (like limestone) is classified as an
Rocks made from pieces of other rock particles cemented together are called
What processes change an igneous rock into SEDIMENTS?
According to the diagram, what does an igneous rock form from?
A volcano
Sedimentary Rocks
Melting and Solidification change a sedimentary rock into an igneous rock.
False
True
Adding heat and pressure to a sedimentary rock, makes it become a metamorphic rock.
True
False
ALL rocks are composed of minerals?
True
False
In which type of rock is the fossil of a shell most likely to be found?
gray
The diagram shows a rock sample and an identification key. Which kind of rock is it?
Gray
An EXTRUSIVE igneous rock is fine grained, glassy, and has holes?
False
Ture
Which of the following observations would help you to identify a sedimentary rock?
Which type of rock is D in the image? Hint: It has foliated banding
intrusive igneous
metamorphic
All types of rocks can become any other type of rock if the right process occurs.
EXPLAIN WHY the rocks (in the last question) look different even though they are the same type and contain the same minerals. (write about what you saw with the rocks)
