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Rock Cycle Review 1
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Rock Cycle Review
Rocks are classified by how they are made. In the chart identify the 3 types of rocks and the processes
that make them.
Rock Type
Problem: Use the following words to fill in the rock cycle diagram below:
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
Igneous
Weathering & Erosion
Melting
Pressure & Heat
Process
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Use these words to fill in the blanks.
Physical & chemical properties
Where they are formed
Extrusive
Composition
Intrusive
Granitic
Basaltic
Andesitic
Crystal size
Composition
determines
Igneous Rocks Can be classified two
ways.
Where they are
formed de termines
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Directions: Use the following terms:
layers
foliated
nonfoliated
Have
Metamorphic Rocks are
classified two ways
Do Not Have
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Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. Magma that cools below Earth’s surface forms ____ rock.
a. extrusive metamorphic
c. intrusive metamorphic
b. extrusive igneous
d. intrusive igneous
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2. Foliated rocks are distinguished by ____.
a. large pores
b. layers
c. the enlargement of mineral grains
d. the shape and size of the sediments
3. Lava that cools quickly forms ____ rocks.
a. extrusive metamorphic
b. extrusive igneous
c. intrusive metamorphic
d. intrusive igneous
4. Quartz is a mineral; granite is ____.
a. also a mineral
b. a rock
c. glass
d. mica
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5. A classification of metamorphic rocks would include whether they are ____.
a. chemical or organic
c. foliated or nonfoliated
b. intrusive or extrusive
d. basaltic or granitic
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6. The changes that take place in the rock cycle ____.
a. create matter
c. create and destroy matter
b. destroy matter
d. never create nor destroy matter
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8. The rock cycle indicates that each type of rock can ____.
a. provide materials to make other rocks
c. be changed by natural processes
b. form other types of rocks
d. all of the above
______ 9. A rock is ____.
a. always made of molten material
b. a mixture of minerals, organic matter, volcanic glass, or other materials
c. a pure mineral
d. either igneous or sedimentary
____ 10. The crystals that form in slowly cooling magma are generally ____.
a. nonexistent
c. tiny
b. invisible
d. large
____ 11. Sedimentary rocks are ____.
a. formed below Earth’s surface as magma
b. a type of foliated igneous rock
c. formed by great heat
d. formed from already existing rocks that are weathered and eroded
____ 12. Sedimentary rocks are usually classified as ____.
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a. intrusive or extrusive
b. foliated or nonfoliated
c. basaltic, granite, or andesitic
d. detrital, chemical, or organic
Match the terms with their descriptions below.
a. granitic
b. metamorphic rocks
c. rock cycle
d. sedimentary rocks
e. cementation
f. basaltic
g. rock
h. extrusive
i.
j.
k.
l.
m.
n.
o.
Matching
sediments
igneous rocks
compaction
intrusive
foliated
lava
nonfoliated
____ 16. rocks formed by changes in heat and pressure or the presence of hot, watery fluids
____ 17. rocks formed from molten material
____ 18. rocks formed from sediments
____ 19. igneous rocks formed on or near Earth’s surface
____ 20. layered metamorphic rocks
____ 21. light-colored igneous rocks with a lower density than basaltic rocks
____ 22. dense, dark-colored igneous rocks
____ 23. metamorphic rocks that don’t have layers
____ 24. igneous rocks formed below Earth’s surface
____ 25. model that illustrates the processes that create and change rocks
____ 26. magma that reaches Earth’s surface and flows from volcanoes
____ 27. a mixture of minerals, organic matter, volcanic glass, or other materials
____ 28. process by which sediments are pressed together to form rock
____ 29. process by which large sediments are glued together by dissolved minerals to form rock
____ 30. bits of weathered rock, minerals, grains, plants, and animals that have been eroded
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