Download 2013-Centers-Quiz - Maples Elementary School

Name____________________________________ #______ Date_____________ Hour______
Composition of Earth (Rocks) Centers Quiz
20 point summative assessment
Part I Multiple Choice: Choose the best answer to each question and write the letter on the
line provided.
_____1. At Center #1, you looked at Igneous Rocks. If a rock is mafic, what does that mean?
a. it is a light-colored rock
b. it is a dark-colored rock
c. it is a glassy rock
d. it is a fine-grained rock
_____2. At Center #2, you looked at Metamorphic Rocks. Choose the process that is not
involved in the formation of metamorphic rocks:
a. contact metamorphism
b. hydrothermal metamorphism
c. regional metamorphism
d. atmospheric metamorphism
_____3. At Center #3, you looked at Sedimentary Rocks. Choose the process that is not
involved in the formation of sedimentary rocks.
a. cooling
b. weathering
c. erosion
d. lithification
_____4. At Center #4, you explored a website titled ”The Interactive Rock Cycle”. What does
the quick cooling of magma result in?
a. granitic rocks
b. andesitic rocks
c. vesicular rocks
d. thick rocks
_____5. At Center #5, you explored “The Structure of the Earth and Tectonic Plates”. You
found that _____________ rocks are formed when magma melts, cools, and hardens
into rock. You also found that ______________ rocks are formed when existing rock is
weathered, eroded, and deposited. ___________rocks are found at convergent plate
boundaries, or areas of extreme heat and pressure.
a.
b.
c.
d.
igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary
metamorphic, sedimentary, igneous
igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic
sedimentary, metamorphic, igneous
_____6. Center #1- Felsic igneous rocks are:
a. light-colored
b. dark-colored
c. glassy
d. fine-grained
_____7. Center #1-__________ _ is thick, gooey, molten material inside a volcano or deep
inside the Earth.
a. lava
b. silica
c. magma
d. obsidian
_____8. Center #2- Because of pressure, _______________ rock has mineral grains arranged
in layers.
a. foliated
b. vesicular
c. nonfoliated
d. porphyritic
_____9. Center #2- Because of heat, ______________ rocks have mineral grains that are
NOT arranged in layers.
a. foliated
b. vesicular
c. nonfoliated
d. porphyritic
_____10. Center #3- ____________ sedimentary rocks form when dissolved minerals come
out of a solution.
a. organic
b. detrital
c. chemical
d. old
_____11. Center #5- Sand, shells, gravel, and mud are _______________ rocks.
a. metamorphic
b. igneous
c. sedimentary
d. not
_____14. Center #4- _____________________ turn igneous rocks into metamorphic rocks.
a. weathering and erosion
b. melting and cooling
c. compaction and cementation
d. heat and pressure
_____15. Center #4- _____________________ turn igneous rocks into sedimentary rocks.
a. weathering and erosion
b. melting
c. cooling
d. heat and pressure
Part II Matching: Match the best term to each statement and write the letter on the line
provided.
A. vesicular
B. sediments
C. metamorphism
D. lithification
E. cementation
F. granitic
_____16. _____________ are small pieces of rock that moved and deposited by wind, water,
glaciers, and gravity.
_____17. The process in which sediments compact under pressure, expel fluids, and gradually
become solid rock.
_____18. Mineral growth glues sediment grains together into solid rock.
_____19. ___________ rocks have a “holey” texture as volcanic gases were trapped and
escaped during the cooling process.
_____20. _______________ is the process where heat and pressure transform rocks while
remaining solid.