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Rock Cycle Unit Test
Earth is made up of four parts or “spheres”. Which of the following is not a part of the Earth system?
a. Geosphere
b. Hydrosphere
c. Biosphere
d. Hemisphere
e. Atmosphere
The sphere that contains animals and other living things is the ____________.
a. Geosphere
b. Hydrosphere
c. Biosphere
d. Hemisphere
e. Atmosphere
The sphere that contains air is the ______________.
a. Geosphere
b. Hydrosphere
c. Biosphere
d. Hemisphere
e. Atmosphere
Which sphere(s) or part(s) of the Earth system a drought (lack of rain) would affect?
a. Hydrosphere
b. Biosphere
c. Hemisphere
d. All of the above
e. Both A & B
Predict which sphere(s) or part(s) of the Earth system an earthquake would affect.
a) Biosphere
b) Geosphere
c) Hemisphere
d) All of the above
e) Both A & B
The following belong to which sphere of the Earth system? Reindeer, Pine Trees, Acorns, Pumpkins & Turkeys.
a) Geosphere
b) Hydrosphere
c) Biosphere
d) Hemisphere
e) Atmosphere
The following belong to which sphere of the Earth system? Water vapor, rivers, glaciers, lakes & oceans.
a) Geosphere
b) Hydrosphere
c) Biosphere
d) Hemisphere
e) Atmosphere
8) A human is part of the biosphere because:
a) Humans live on the Earth.
b) Humans are alive.
c) Humans drink water and breathe air.
d) Humans can’t make their own food.
e) Humans don’t live in the water.
9) A rock is part of the geosphere because:
a) Rocks are alive.
b) Rocks are in the ocean.
c) Rocks grow in people’s gardens.
d) Rocks are part of the solid Earth.
e) Rocks come in three varieties.
10) The term ‘Earth System’ refers to the fact that:
a) Each sphere works with the other spheres to make the entire ‘system’ function.
b) A system contains many parts.
c) Every part of a system is required for the whole.
d) All of the above.
e) Both A & B.
11) The rock cycle is made up of many processes. Which is not a process of the rock cycle?
a) Heat & Pressure
b) Sediment
c) Lava/Magma
d) Melting
e) Texture
12) The rock cycle contains many processes. Which of the following is not a process in the rock cycle?
a) Melting
b) Cooling
c) Growing
d) Compacting
e) Deposition
13) According to the rock cycle metamorphic rocks are made through the process of:
a) Heat and/or Pressure
b) Melting
c) Compacting & Cementing
d) Lithification
e) Cooling
14) According to the rock cycle sediment is created through the process of:
a) Heat and/or Pressure
b) Melting
c) Cooling
d) Weathering and Erosion
e) Burial
15) According to the rock cycle, sediment can be created from which rock type(s):
a) Sedimentary Rock
b) Metamorphic Rock
c) Sediment
d) Igneous Rock
e) All of the Above
16) The process of creating a Sedimentary Rock requires sediment to be deposited. Which answer describes deposition?
a) Deposition is the process by which sediment is dropped or settles.
b) Deposition is the process where sediment is covered over by other sediment.
c) Deposition is the process where sediment is ‘glued’ together with other sediment.
d) Deposition is the breakdown of rock into smaller and smaller pieces.
e) Deposition is the process of forming crystals.
17) Which answer best describes the process of metamorphism?
a) Metamorphism is where rock melts into lava or magma.
b) Metamorphism is where rock undergoes heat and/or pressure to cause a change.
c) Metamorphism occurs above ground at a volcano.
d) Metamorphism can only happen to sedimentary rock.
e) Both A & B.
18) Gneiss, a metamorphic rock, will change into sediment through which of the following:
a) Deposition, Burial, Compaction & Cementing
b) Heat and/or pressure (Metamorphism)
c) Melting and Solidification
d) Weathering and Erosion
e) Magma or Lava
19) Sand, a sediment, will change into Shale, a sedimentary rock, through which of the following:
a) Heat and/or pressure
b) Metamorphism
c) Melting & Solidification
d) Weathering and Erosion
e) Deposition, Burial, Compaction & Cementing
20) Which statement is not true of the rock cycle?
a) The rock cycle illustrates how a rock can change from one rock type to another.
b) The rock cycle shows how people use rocks in their everyday lives.
c) The rock cycle can be used to explain how a rock can become another type of rock.
d) The rock cycle illustrates a cycle.
21) Igneous rocks are formed when:
a) Magma or lava cools and solidifies.
b) Sediment is buried and compacted together.
c) Rock is put under extreme heat and or pressure.
d) Sediment is lithified.
e) Both A & B.
22) Metamorphic rocks are formed when:
a) Magma or lava cools and solidifies.
b) Sediment is buried and compacted together.
c) Rock is put under extreme heat and or pressure.
d) Sediment is lithified.
e) Both A & B.
23) Sedimentary rocks are formed when:
a) Magma or lava cools and solidifies.
b) Sediment is buried, compacted & cemented together.
c) Rock is put under extreme heat and or pressure.
d) Sediment is weathered and eroded.
e) Both A & B.
24) Igneous rocks with a felsic composition are:
a) Dark in color.
b) Light in color.
c) None of the above.
25) Igneous rocks with a mafic composition are:
a) Dark in color.
b) Light in color.
c) None of the above.
26) Igneous rocks with a coarse grained texture are:
a) Intrusive
b) Extrusive
c) Mafic
d) Felsic
e) Vesicular
27) Igneous rocks with a coarse grained texture:
a) Formed inside the Earth where temperatures are warm/hot.
b) Formed inside the Earth where temperatures are cool/cold.
c) Formed outside the Earth where temperatures are cool/cold.
d) Formed outside the Earth where temperatures are warm/hot.
e) None of the above.
28) Extrusive igneous rocks:
a) Have large crystals because they cooled slowly and had a long time to form.
b) Have small or no crystals because they cooled quickly and didn’t have time to form.
c) Are formed on the surface of the Earth.
d) Are formed inside the Earth.
e) Both B & C.
29) Intrusive igneous rocks:
a) Have large crystals because they cooled slowly and had a long time to form.
b) Have small or no crystals because they cooled quickly and didn’t have time to form.
c) Are formed on the surface of the Earth.
d) Are formed inside the Earth.
e) Both A & D.
30) Metamorphic rocks are formed when:
a) Magma cools and solidifies.
b) A volcano erupts and lava cools and solidifies on the Earth’s surface.
c) When a rock undergoes heat and pressure.
d) Through the processes of deposition, burial, compaction and cementation (lithification).
e) As a result of weathering and erosion.
31) Which of the following statements about metamorphic rocks is not true?
a) Metamorphic rocks only occur near a volcano.
b) Metamorphic rocks can form from pressure alone.
c) Metamorphic rocks can form from heat alone.
d) Metamorphic rocks can be created through contact or regional metamorphism.
e) Metamorphic rocks are made of minerals that can be aligned like the pages in a book.
32) Contact metamorphism:
a) Is when rock comes into contact with magma causing change.
b) Is when rock undergoes extreme pressure from other rock.
c) Is when a rock does not have a pattern or aligned minerals.
d) Is when a rock has minerals that are aligned like pages in a book.
e) Is when rock contains fossilized animal remains.
33) If a rock has mineral grains that are aligned like pages in a book then the rock is:
a) Mafic
b) Felsic
c) Extrusive
d) Foliated
e) Nonfoliated
34) Sedimentary rocks are created when layers of sediment are:
a) Cooled and crystallized.
b) Compacted and cemented (lithification).
c) Weathered into smaller pieces of sediment.
d) Melted into magma.
e) Put under extreme heat and pressure.
35) Sedimentary rocks contain strata. What are strata?
a) Fossils
b) Crystal grains
c) Rock fragments
d) Layers
e) Lava
36) Sedimentary rocks come in three varieties. Which of the following is not a type of sedimentary rock?
a) Chemical
b) Organic
c) Clastic
d) Felsic
e) Both A & B.
37) A sedimentary rock made when water with dissolved minerals undergoes evaporation is called:
a) Chemical
b) Organic
c) Clastic
d) Intrusive
e) Extrusive
38) A sedimentary rock made when rock fragments (large or small) become ‘glued’ together through compaction and
cementation are called:
a) Chemical
b) Organic
c) Clastic
d) Intrusive
e) Extrusive
39) A sedimentary rock that contains fossils of sea organisms (such as shells or coral) must have been formed in:
a) An environment with trees, such as a forest.
b) An environment where there was a lot of sand, such as a desert.
c) An environment where there was water, such as a lake or ocean.
d) An environment where there was land, such as a field.
e) An environment with a high altitude, such as a mountain.
40) A sedimentary rock is created through which process or processes?
a) Melting
b) Heat and/or Pressure
c) Cooling & Solidification
d) Weathering & Erosion
e) Compaction & Cementation
Use the following diagram to answer questions 41 - 43.
41) Which rock type can be found at letter A?
a) Intrusive Igneous rock
b) Extrusive Igneous rock
c) Chemical sedimentary rock
d) Foliated Metamorphic Rock
e) Nonfoliated Metamorphic Rock
42) What process formed the rocks at B?
a) Metamorphism
b) Cooling & Solidification
c) Stratification
d) Lithification
e) Weathering & Erosion
43) Which rocks will have large crystals?
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) Both B & C
e) None of the above will have large crystals.
Use the following diagram to answer questions 44 – 50.
44) What rock type has a fine grained texture but a felsic composition?
a) Rhyolite
b) Granite
c) Diorite
d) Gabbro
e) Andesite
45) What rock type has a coarse grained texture but a mafic composition?
a) Gabbro
b) Basalt
c) Andesite
d) Rhyolite
e) Diorite
46) Which rock type was not formed inside the Earth?
a) Granite
b) Diorite
c) Gabbro
d) Basalt
e) Both A & B.
47) Which pair of rocks have similar textures?
a) Granite & Diorite
b) Granite & Rhyolite
c) Diorite & Andesite
d) Gabbro & Basalt
e) None of the above.
48) Which pair of rocks have similar compositions?
a) Granite & Diorite
b) Granite & Gabbro
c) Granite & Basalt
d) Diorite & Andesite
e) Andesite & Rhyolite
49) Which rock type is coarse grained and felsic in composition?
a) Andesite
b) Basalt
c) Rhyolite
d) Diorite
e) Granite
50) Which rock type is fine grained and mafic in composition?
a) Andesite
b) Basalt
c) Rhyolite
d) Diorite
e) Granite
The Rock Cycle