Rock Cycle Review Question Preview (ID: 45024)
3 Types Of Rocks And How They Form.
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What is involved in the formation of a sedimentary rock?
a) Heat and pressure
b) Melting and cooling
c) Weathering, erosion, and compaction
d) Crystallization
What is involved in the formation of a metamorphic rock?
a) Heat and pressure
b) Melting and cooling
c) Weathering, erosion, and compaction
d) None of the above
What is involved in the formation of an igneous rock?
a) Heat and pressure
b) Melting and cooling
c) Weathering, erosion, and compaction
d) None of the above
A rock has slipped into the mantle and undergone an increase in temperature and pressure. What rock will it change into?
a) Sedimentary
b) Metamorphic
c) Igneous
d) None of the above
A pigeon drops a rock into a volcano and it melts into magma. Eventually, the volcano explodes and kills everyone in its path. The magma cools and forms a new rock. What rock is formed?
a) Sedimentary
b) Metamorphic
c) Igneous
d) None of the above
Over time, ice wears away at the road and rain carries sediments away. The sediments all eventually compact to form what type of rock?
a) Sedimentary
b) Metamorphic
c) Igneous
d) None of the above
What does the stem SED mean?
a) sit (like sediments sit on top of each other)
b) change (like rocks change form from heat and pressure)
c) fire (like rocks melt in hot magma)
d) None of the above
What does the stem META mean?
a) change (like rocks change form from heat and pressure)
b) sit (like sediments sit on top of each other)
c) fire (like rocks melt in hot magma)
d) None of the above
What does the stem IGN mean?
a) change (like rocks change form from heat and pressure)
b) fire (like rocks melt in hot magma)
c) sit (like sediments sit on top of each other)
d) None of the above
Are rocks always the same?
a) Yes - they never change
b) Yes - we created them as they are now
c) No - they change all the time due to the rock cycle
d) No - sometimes order new ones on Amazon
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