Rocks, Rock Cycle and Mineral Review

What are the building blocks of rocks

• Glass

• Minerals

• Lava

• Sediments

What kind of rock is formed when debris is buried, compressed, and cemented together?

• Magma

• Sedimentary Rock

• Igneous Rock

• Metamorphic

If an igneous rock has large, visible crystals, which of the following best describes how and where that rock formed?

• Intrusive, Underground

• Extrusive, on the surface of Earth

• Underwater

• In Space

True or False: Sedimentary Rocks are the only rocks that contain fossils

• True

• False

Which Rock is an example of sedimentary rock?

• Basalt

• Slate

• Granite

• Limestone

What is the name for the bands in some metamorphic rock?

• Foliation

• Strata

• Layers

• Lines

Metamorphic Rocks are formed by...

• Cooling and solidification of lava and magma

• Compaction and cementation of sediments

• Intense heat and pressure

• Movement of plate tectonics

Which of these is a metamorphic rock?

• Sandstone

• Shate

• Marble

• Obsidian

Igneous Rocks are formed by...

• Cooling and solidification of lava and magma

• Compaction and cementation of sediments

• Intense Heat and Pressure

• Movement of Plate Tectonics

Which process turns igneous rocks into sediments?

• Melting

• Weathering and Erosion

• Solidification

• Heat and Pressure