Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Random Rock Type Questions
Minerals
100

This is what igneous rock starts out as.

What is magma?

100

What is sediment?

Small pieces of weathered rocks

100

This is what it takes for a rock to become a metamorphic rock?

What is heat and pressure?

100

What type of rocks can have fossils?

Sedimentary

100

What is a mineral's luster?

What is how light reflects off of a mineral?

200

How do igneous rocks form?

What is when magma cools and solidifies.

200

How are sedimentary rocks formed?

When small pieces of rock called sediment are pressed together over millions of years.

200

What are the two types of metamorphic rocks?

What are foliated and non-foliated?

200

What is the rock cycle?

What is when rocks change types?

200

What is a mineral's hardness?

What is how easily it can be scratched or broken? 

300

What are the two types of igneous rocks?

What are extrusive and intrusive.

300

What is weathering?

What is the process of breaking rocks?

300

Do metamorphic rocks form slowly or quickly.

What is slowly?

300

What does it mean if a rock is foliated?

What is it has layers or folds?

300

What is a mineral's streak?

What is the color you get when it is rubbed on a white tile?

400

Name an extrusive igneous rock found in Utah?

What is Basalt, Andesite and Rhyolite.

400

What is Erosin?

What is the movement of small rocks and sediment?

400

What is one non-foliated metamorphic rock found in Utah?

What are marble and Quartzite?

400

What does the prefix morph mean in metamorphic rocks?

What is to change?

400

What is non- organic material?

What is something that was never living?

500

Name an intrusive igneous rock found in Utah.

What are granite and diorite. 

500

Name a sedimentary rock that can be found in Utah.

What are sandstone, limestone, shale and conglomerate?

500

What is a foliated metamorphic rock found in Utah?

What are Slate, Phyllite, Schist, and Gneiss? 

500

How long does it take for weathering to occur?

A long time.

500

What are rocks made from?

What are minerals?