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Rock Cycle Practice

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Frost wedging is a form of chemical weathering.

a)
True
b)
False
2.

A rock will rust if it contains iron.

a)
True
b)
False
3.

Which is an example of erosion?

a)

Sediment getting carried to shore by the waves.

b)

Waves pulling debris back into the ocean

c)

A person crushing sand on the beach.

4.

Granite generally has large crystals?

a)

False

b)

True

5.

A rock has gas pockets (holes) and is rough. The rock probably

a)
cooled very slowly underground
b)

formed on a beach

c)

formed when a volcano explosively erupted and the lava cooled very quickly

6.

A volcanologist finds an igneous rock with a glassy texture and no visible mineral crystals. That rock cooled …

a)

very quickly and is extrusive

b)

very slowly and is intrusive

7.

A rock made from the remains of ancient plants or animals (like limestone) is classified as an

a)
organic sedimentary rock
b)
foliated metamorphic rock
8.

Rocks made from pieces of other rock particles cemented together are called

a)
Metamorphic
b)
Sedimentary
c)
Intrusive igneous
9.

What processes change an igneous rock into SEDIMENTS?

a)
Weathering and Erosion
b)
Heat and Pressure
c)
Melting and Solidification
10.

According to the diagram, what does an igneous rock form from?

a)

A volcano

b)
Magma
c)

Sedimentary Rocks

11.

Melting and Solidification change a sedimentary rock into an igneous rock.

a)

False

b)

True

12.

Adding heat and pressure to a sedimentary rock, makes it become a metamorphic rock.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

ALL rocks are composed of minerals?

a)

True

b)

False

14.

In which type of rock is the fossil of a shell most likely to be found?

a)
metamorphic
b)
sedimentary
c)

gray

15.

The diagram shows a rock sample and an identification key. Which kind of rock is it?

a)

Gray

b)
sedimentary
c)
igneous
16.

An EXTRUSIVE igneous rock is fine grained, glassy, and has holes?

a)

False

b)

Ture

17.

Which of the following observations would help you to identify a sedimentary rock?

a)
foliated
b)
visible rock or shell fragments
c)
large crystals
18.

Which type of rock is D in the image? Hint: It has foliated banding

a)
sedimentary
b)

intrusive igneous

c)

metamorphic

19.

All types of rocks can become any other type of rock if the right process occurs.

a)
True
b)
False
20.
Make a CLAIM - What type of rock are these? (They are the SAME type.) ex) I think these rocks are....
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21.

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)

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