Rock Cycle
  • 1. Which is NOT a type of rock?
A) minerals
B) metamorphic
C) sedimentary
D) Igneous
  • 2. What type of rock crumbles easily?
A) minerals
B) sedimentary
C) metamorphic
D) igneous
  • 3. What type of rock may be glassy & shiny?
A) sedimentary
B) igneous
C) metamorphic
D) minerals
  • 4. What type of rock has ribbon like layers?
A) minerals
B) igneous
C) sedimentary
D) metamorphic
  • 5. When magma cools it becomes what type of rock?
A) igneous
B) sedimentary
C) minerals
D) metamorphic
  • 6. Metamorphic rock is formed by
A) heat and pressure
B) compaction
C) melting
D) cooling
  • 7. Sedimentary rock is created by
A) heat & pressure
B) compaction & cementation
C) melting
D) weathering
  • 8. Weathering produces
A) volcanos
B) igneous rocks
C) sediments
D) hurricanes
  • 9. The movement of sediments by wind or water
A) weathering
B) erosion
C) compaction
D) transportation
  • 10. Laying down sediments in a new place
A) erosion
B) deposition
C) compaction
D) nap time
  • 11. Sedimentary rock is made of many layers
A) true
B) false
  • 12. Which rock is most easily broken down (weathered)?
A) igneous
B) metamorphic
C) rock & roll
D) sedimentary
  • 13. The rock cycle will continue as long as the earth's core remains hot.
A) false
B) true
  • 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) false
B) true
  • 17. A minerals must be
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) lava
B) igneous
C) hot stuff
D) magma
  • 19. When molten rock is on the earth's surface (from a volcano) it's called
A) hot stuff
B) igneous
C) magma
D) lava
  • 20. The crayon lab simulated
A) sedimentary rock
B) igneous rock
C) all of these
D) metamorphic rock
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