Download Rocks and Processes of the Rock Cycle Quiz - Answers

Rocks and Processes of the Rock Cycle Quiz - Answers
1) All rocks and rock types are part of the rock cycle.
a) True
b) False
2) Rocks are classified into four major groups, reflecting how they formed:
Intrusive, extrusive, metamorphic and sedimentary.
a) True
b) False
3) What determines the type of igneous rock that forms from magma?
a) The heat and pressure the magma is exposed to.
b) Whether the magma enters water before it cools
c) Magma composition and cooling rate
d) The amount of compaction and cementation that affect the rock.
4) Which of the following characteristics of a rock is affected by the cooling rate
of magma?
a) The rock’s color.
b) The rock’s texture.
c) The rock’s hardness.
d) The rock’s chemical composition.
5) Which of the following is a process of the rock cycle?
a) Weathering
b) Crystallization
1 c) Metamorphosis
d) All of these
6) A rock is heated so much that it melts. What type of rock will it become?
a) Igneous
b) Metamorphic
c) Sedimentary
d) Fossil
7) ____________________ and pressure are needed to form a metamorphic
rock.
Heat
8) In crystallization, slower cooling forms smaller crystals.
a) True
b) False
9) _________________ happens when solid material separates out of a liquid,
usually when the liquid evaporates.
a) Weathering
b) Erosion
c) Sedimentation
d) Precipitation
10)
A rock transforms from one type to another by the processes of the
rock cycle, but once it is transformed it is out of the rock cycle.
a) True
2 b) False
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