The Ultimate Rock Cycle

Test Description: Review covering chapter 2

Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.

1) A naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter is called

2) What kind of rock forms when hot liquid magma, cools and solidifies?

3) The continual process by which new rock forms from old rock is called..

4) A large, irregular-shaped intrusive body of intrusive igneous rock is called

5) A rock at the Earth's surface is primarily affected by forces of..

6) Scientist study rock using what important feature?

7) What is the chemical makeup, or mineral content, of a rock based on?

8) A rock deep underground is primarily affected by forces of ..

9) What do the size, shape, and position of the grains that make up a rock determine?

10) What factors can affect the texture of an igneous rock?

11) The process in which water, wind, ice, and heat break down rock is called..

12) When sediment is deposited in bodies of water or other low lying areas is called..

13) Movement within the Earth that causes buried rock to be exposed at the Earths surface is called..

14) The process by which sediment is removed from its source is called..

15) The process in which sedimentary rocks are arranged in layers is called

16) When sediment is deposited in layers and compacted is called..

17) Sheetlike intrusions that lie parallel to previous rock units are called..

18) Igneous rock that forms from lava onto Earth's surface is called..

19) Which kind of rock has fossils?

20) Sedimentary rock that forms when minerals crystallize out of solution, such as sea water is called..


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