- 1. Which is NOT a type of rock?
A) minerals
B) Igneous
C) sedimentary
D) metamorphic
- 2. What type of rock crumbles easily?
A) minerals
B) metamorphic
C) sedimentary
D) igneous
- 3. What type of rock may be glassy & shiny?
A) metamorphic
B) sedimentary
C) igneous
D) minerals
- 4. What type of rock has ribbon like layers?
A) sedimentary
B) metamorphic
C) igneous
D) minerals
- 5. When magma cools it becomes what type of rock?
A) metamorphic
B) sedimentary
C) minerals
D) igneous
- 6. Metamorphic rock is formed by
A) cooling
B) heat and pressure
C) compaction
D) melting
- 7. Sedimentary rock is created by
A) melting
B) weathering
C) compaction & cementation
D) heat & pressure
A) igneous rocks
B) volcanos
C) sediments
D) hurricanes
- 9. The movement of sediments by wind or water
A) erosion
B) weathering
C) compaction
D) transportation
- 10. the laying down of sediment carried by wind, water or ice
A) erosion
B) deposition
C) nap time
D) compaction
- 11. Sedimentary rock is made of many layers
A) false
B) true
- 12. Which rock is most easily broken down (weathered)?
A) metamorphic
B) igneous
C) sedimentary
D) rock & roll
- 13. We shaved the crayon in the crayon lab to demonstrate which rock cycle process?
A) compaction
B) deposition
C) weathering
D) heat and pressure
- 14. Rocks are made up of minerals
A) false
B) true
- 15. All rocks have the same characteristics
A) false
B) true
- 16. All rocks can be weathered into sediments
A) true
B) false
A) inorganic (not living)
B) all of these
C) a solid
D) formed by nature (not man made)
- 18. When molten rock is under the earth's surface it's called
A) igneous
B) magma
C) hot stuff
D) lava
- 19. When we melted the crayon over the candle we were simulating
A) weathering
B) erosion
C) compaction
D) melting
- 20. The crayon lab simulated
A) metamorphic rock
B) igneous rock
C) all of these
D) sedimentary rock
- 21. Optional Exceeds: Use the following words to explain how the crayon lab demonstrated the processes of the rock cycle (metamorphic, igneous, sedimentary, weathering, erosion, deposition, compacting, cementing, sediment, magma, cooling, melting)
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