Rock Cycle
Which word includes the many ways rocks form, change, break down and re-form?
a) Rock cycle
b) Water Cycle
c) Metamorphic rocks
a) Rock cycle
Which rock forms as heat and pressure causes changes?
a. Sedimentary Rock b. Metamorphic Rock
c. Igneous rock
b. Metamorphic Rock
Which rock forms when molten rock cools and becomes solid?
a. Sedimentary Rock b. Metamorphic Rock
c. Igneous rock
c. Igneous rock
what is a rock made of layers of compressed organic and inorganic sediments.
A)igneous rock
B) metamorphic rock
C) sedimentary rock
C) sedimentary rock
all rock is a natural, solid mixture of _________
Minerals
what means to rot and break down into small parts
A) decomposition
B) decay
C) compression
B) decay
Where are metamorphic rocks made?
a)On Earth’s surface
b) in the water
c) in Earth's crust, near heat and pressure
c) in Earth's crust, near heat and pressure
What are igneous rock that forms on Earth's surface?
a. Intrusive b. Chemical rock c. extrusive
c. extrusive
which word means dropping sediment
A) cementation
B) compression
C) deposition
C) deposition
____ occurs as the result of pressure on loose sediment
A) cementation
B) compaction
C) deposition
B) compaction
what word means glued together
A) cementation
B) compression
C) deposition
A) cementation
Metamorphic rocks don't _________ like igneous rock
a. Melt b. form c. break
a. Melt
which of the following does not affect the type of igneous rock that forms?
a) the composition of magma
b) the rate at which magma cools
c) the size of the erupting volcano
c) the size of the erupting volcano
How long does it take to make a sedimentary rock?
a. millions of years b. hundreds of years
c. thousands of years
a. millions of years
fossils can be used to interpret past
______________ and _________________
A) humans and animals
b) environments and temperature
C)environments and events
C)environments and events
which word means squeeze together
A) cementation
B) compression
C) deposition
B) compression
the ________ of a metamorphic rock gives indications as to the temperatures and pressure involved in metamorphism
A) texture
B) color
C) size
A) texture
What are igneous rock that form deep inside the Earth?
a. Intrusive b. Chemical rock c. extrusive
a. Intrusive
What are the preserved parts or traces of animals and plants that lived in the past are?
a. Imprint b. cementation c. fossil
c. fossil
Which process does not occur during the rock cycle?
A) Faulting
B) Compaction
C) Crystallization
A) Faulting
geologists classify rocks based on how they ___________
form
The word metamorphic means to ________________.
A. Change
B. Stay same
C. Explode
A. Change
What is a mark or depression made by pressure?
a. Imprint b. cementation c. fossil
a. Imprint
What are small pieces of rock material?
a. Minerals b. sediment c. grain
b. sediment
What are naturally formed solid that is usually made up of one or more types of minerals?
a. Minerals b. rock c. grain
b. rock