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Rocks & the Rock Cycle Quiz
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Question 1
1.
What are the three types of rocks?
Hard, soft, and smooth
Granite, quartz, and diamonds
Igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic
Sedimentary, volcanic, and water
Question 2
2.
Rocks that are changed by heat and pressure are: ______________
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Igneous
Fossils
Question 3
3.
How do metamorphic rocks get changed into sedimentary rocks?
They melt
The rocks get squeezed by a lot of pressure
They can't, only igneous can be changed into sedimentary rocks
The rocks get eroded into small pieces which later get cemented together
Question 4
4.
What is one way igneous rocks form?
By volcanoes
From pieces of other rocks
By heat and pressure
When an organism dies and gets preserved
Question 5
5.
How can an igneous rock be changed into another type of igneous rock?
By getting eroded into small pieces which later get cemented together
By putting heat and pressure on the rock
By completely melting and cooling again
They can't, igneous rocks can only change into sedimentary or metamorphic rocks
Question 6
6.
A scientist claims to have found a fossil in an igneous rock. Is that possible?
Yes
No
Question 7
7.
Using one or more complete sentences, explain your answer from question 6.
Question 8
8.
Find the rock labeled #8. Is this an intrusive or extrusive igneous rock?
Intrusive
Extrusive
Question 9
9.
This question is also about rock #8. How can you tell it is the kind of igneous rock you said it was in your answer to question 8?
Question 10
10.
Find the rock labeled #9. This rock was formed from the remains of dead plants. That makes it what kind of rock?
Clastic sedimentary
Organic sedimentary
Chemical sedimentary
Metamorphic