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Minerals and Rocks

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name

Class

Date

What type of rock forms from cementation and compaction close to or on earth's surface?

Sedimentary

Metamorphic

Igneous

What type of rock forms from heat and pressure deep inside earth's surface?

Sedimentary

Metamorphic

Igneous

What type of rock forms from lava that has cooled at or near earth's surface?

Sedimentary

Metamorphic

Igneous

Which box is more dense?

box B

neither

box A

both have the same density

Fossils are sometimes found in which type of rock? (Fossils can only survive this rock's process of formation.)

intrusive igneous

extrusive igneous

metamorphic

sedimentary

A rock formed from fragments of other rocks is a(n)

Metamorphic Rock

Sedimentary Rock

Extrusive Rock

Igneous Rock

An igneous rock containing large crystals is most likely a(n)

Chemical Rock

Foliated Rock

Extrusive Rock

Intrusive Rock

A metamorphic rock in which the grains line up in parallel bands is a

Clastic Rock

Nonclastic Rock

Nonfoliated Rock

Foliated Rock

The three groups of rocks are classified by

How they form

Color

Grain size

Chemical Composition

10.

Identify two processes labeled in this rock cycle that change igneous rock into sediments.

heat and/or pressure

melting and solidification

deposition and cementation

weathering and erosion

11.

What type of rock forms directly from magma?

Igneous Rock

Sedimentary Rock

Metamorphic Rock

12.

What type of rock forms directly from heat and/or pressure?

Igneous Rock

Sedimentary Rock

Metamorphic Rock

13.

What type of rock forms directly from Deposition, Compaction, and Cementation?

Igneous Rock

Sedimentary Rock

Metamorphic Rock

14.

According to this diagram, metamorphic rock is formed by

melting and solidification

burial and compaction

weathering and erosion

heat and pressure

15.

A scientist made an object in a lab that has a crystal structure and was solid. Why is the object not considered a mineral?

It is a solid

It is man-made

It is inorganic

It has a crystalline structure

16.

Which type of rock would you expect to find by a volcano?

Ingenious

Igneous

Indigenous

Indigo

17.

Which of the following rocks is metamorphic?

Rock 1

Rock 2

Rock 3

Rock 4

18.

The cooled and hardened lava from volcanoes forms what rock type?

extrusive igneous

sedimentary

metamorphic

intrusive igneous

19.

What will happen if an igneous rock is put under an extreme amount of heat and pressure?

it will melt into lava

it will weather and erode

it will become a metamorphic rock

it will become a sedimentary

20.

What is the MAIN way rocks are classified?

Their color and shapes

How they form

Mineral bands

Where they form

21.

The process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue sediment together.

compaction

deposition

organic rock

cementation

22.

When sediments are pressed together tightly, this is called ____________.

Compaction

Cementation

Weathering

Erosion

23.

This rock is made of large bits of gravel cemented together. What type of sedimentary rock is it?

Clastic

Chemical

Organic

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Minerals and Rocks

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 42mins

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