Rock Cycle Review 1
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Rock Cycle Review
Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. Magma that cools below Earth’s surface forms ____ rock.
a. extrusive metamorphic c. intrusive metamorphic
b. extrusive igneous d. intrusive igneous
____ 2. Foliated rocks are distinguished by ____.
a. large pores c. the enlargement of mineral grains
b. layers d. the shape and size of the sediments
____ 3. Lava that cools quickly forms ____ rocks.
a. extrusive metamorphic c. intrusive metamorphic
b. extrusive igneous d. intrusive igneous
____ 4. Metamorphic rocks can be formed from all of the following EXCEPT ____.
a. the formation of minerals from solutions
b. the presence of hot, watery fluids
c. temperature
d. pressure
____ 5. Quartz is a mineral; granite is ____.
a. also a mineral c. glass
b. a rock d. mica
____ 6. 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
____ 7. 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
____ 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. Pumice, obsidian, and scoria are kinds of ____.
a. granite c. intrusive rocks
b. volcanic glass d. andesitic rocks
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Rock Cycle Review 2
____ 10. 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
____ 11. The crystals that form in slowly cooling magma are generally ____.
a. nonexistent c. tiny
b. invisible d. large
____ 12. 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
____ 13. Andesitic rocks have mineral compositions between those of ____ and basaltic rocks.
a. conglomerate c. granitic
b. metamorphic d. organic
____ 14. Detrital rocks are ____.
a. made of fragments of other rocks c. precipitated from solution
b. formed from magma d. all of these
____ 15. Sedimentary rocks are usually classified as ____.
a. intrusive or extrusive c. basaltic, granite, or andesitic
b. foliated or nonfoliated d. detrital, chemical, or organic
Matching
Match the terms with their descriptions below.
a. granitic i. sediments
b. metamorphic rocks j. igneous rocks
c. rock cycle k. compaction
d. sedimentary rocks l. intrusive
e. cementation m. foliated
f. basaltic n. lava
g. rock o. nonfoliated
h. extrusive
____ 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
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Rock Cycle Review 3
____ 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
Identify each rock as igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary.
a. igneous
b. metamorphic
c. sedimentary
____ 31. sandstone
____ 32. granite
____ 33. rock salt
____ 34. obsidian
____ 35. gneiss
____ 36. slate
____ 37. limestone
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Rock Cycle Review 4
Problem
Use the following words to fill in the rock cycle diagram below:
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
Igneous
Weathering & Erosion
Melting
Pressure & Heat
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Rock Cycle Review 5
38.
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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Rock Cycle Review 6
39.. Directions: Use the following terms:
layers
foliated
nonfoliated
Have
Metamorphic Rocks are
classified two ways
Do Not Have
41.Use the following words to complete the chart:
Organic
Detrital
Chemical If sediments have
large pieces then
Halite this occurs
Coal
Weathering 1
If sediments have
Compaction made from small pieces then
this occurs
Cementation
Erosion These are created
Dissolved by
Minerals in
Solution and then moved
Made of the by
remains of
once living
things
Broken Sedimentary 2
Rocks are
formed from Example
fragments of classified in
3 ways
other rocks
3
Example
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