Earth Science

Rock Basics

Rock Cycle

Weathering

Characteristics of rocks

100

Where do rocks form?

A. On or below Earth's surface.

B. In Outer Space.

C. In the Rocky Mountains.

A. On or below Earth's surface.

100

___________ describes the way that rocks change.

A. The Rock Cycle

B. The Water Cycle

C. The Life Cycle.

A. The Rock Cycle

100

Can rocks form under the ocean?

A. True

B. False

C. Who knows?

A. True

100

Over time, many layers of sediment are _______ together forming rocks.

A. Compressed

B. Glued

C. Weathered

A. Compressed

200

What is one type of rock?

A. Metamorphic.

B. Heavy.

C. Candy.

A. Metamorphic.

200

Heat melts hard rock and turns it into ________?

A. Lava

B. Magma

C. Water

B. Magma

200

_______ occurs when water, wind, and ice break rocks apart.

A. Evolution

B. Rock Cycle

C. Weathering

200

When magma cools quickly the rock formed looks like ______.

A. Sponge

B. Rock

C. Glass

300

What is one type of rock?

A. Contemporary

B. Igneous.

C. Ignorance.

B. Igneous.

300

Igneous rock is made by __________?

A. Magma cooling and crystalizing.

B. By pressure and heat.

C. Cementation and compaction.

A. Magma cooling and crystalizing.

300

_______ moves sediment to new places?

A. Earth, wind, and fire.

B. Water, wind and ice.

C. Blood, sweat and tears.

B. Water, wind and ice.

300

________ is made from small pieces of rock, shell, and bone.

A. Igneous rock

B. Sedimentary rock

C. Metamorphic rock

B. Sedimentary rock

400

What is one type of rock?

A. Salami

B. Classic

C. Sedimentary

400

Sedimentary rock is made by __________?

A. Magma cooling and crystalizing.

B. By pressure and heat.

C. Cementation and compaction.

400

Weathering is when __________?

A. There's a tornado.

B. Sediment is moved from one place and deposited somewhere else.

C. Unable to make a decision.

B. Sediment is moved from one place and deposited somewhere else.

400

_______ is one that has been changed by heat and pressure.

A. Igneous Rock

B. Sedimentary Rock

C. Metamorphic Rock

500

Rocks are always ________?

A. Staying the same.

B. Changing.

C. Pretty.

B. Changing.

500

Metamorphic rock is made by __________?

A. Magma cooling and crystalizing.

B. By pressure and heat.

C. Cementation and compaction.

B. By pressure and heat.

500

Weathering, transportation and deposition creates what?

A. Sediment

B. Spaghetti

C. Igneous Rock

A. Sediment

500

If magma cools slowly, tiny _______ form.

A. Holes

B. Rocks

C. Crystals.