Geology quiz practice

Think about the rock cycle. This rock is sandstone, a sedimentary rock. What kind of rock could this turn into?

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The first rock, Shale, is sedimentary. The rest of the rocks are metamorphic, but all are made from shale originally. When you add heat and pressure, you get different types of rock (schist is made from phyllite, but both are metamorphic). This means that metamorphic rocks can turn into other metamorphic rocks.

• true

• false

Answer explanation

Yes! All rocks can turn into themselves -- sedimentary rocks can weather and turn into other sedimentary rocks, igneous rocks can re-melt and turn into another igneous rock, and metamorphic rocks can experience more/less heat/pressure and turn into another type of metamorphic rock.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What type of rock is this?

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

What type of rock is this?

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

This rock was once underwater, and if you look closely you can see individual grains. What kind of rock is it most likely to be?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What is this vocab word?

• freeze/thaw

• melting

• cementation

• deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

In this image you can see the river bringing sediment to the sea, which falls to the seafloor. What is this an example of?

• cementation

• deposition

• radiation

• brumation

True or False: Once a rock is sedimentary, it cannot become an igneous rock.

• True
• False

The process by which igneous rocks are formed...

• heat and pressure
• melting and cooling
• weathering and erosion

The process by which metamorphic rocks are formed...

• heat and pressure
• erosion and deposition
• melting and cooling