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