Rock Cycle Practice

Frost wedging is a form of chemical weathering.

• True
• False

A rock will rust if it contains iron.

• True
• False

Which is an example of erosion?

• Sediment getting carried to shore by the waves.

• Waves pulling debris back into the ocean

• A person crushing sand on the beach.

Granite generally has large crystals?

• False

• True

A rock has gas pockets (holes) and is rough. The rock probably

• cooled very slowly underground
• formed on a beach

• formed when a volcano explosively erupted and the lava cooled very quickly

A volcanologist finds an igneous rock with a glassy texture and no visible mineral crystals. That rock cooled …

• very quickly and is extrusive

• very slowly and is intrusive

A rock made from the remains of ancient plants or animals (like limestone) is classified as an

• organic sedimentary rock
• foliated metamorphic rock

Rocks made from pieces of other rock particles cemented together are called

• Metamorphic
• Sedimentary
• Intrusive igneous

What processes change an igneous rock into SEDIMENTS?

• Weathering and Erosion
• Heat and Pressure
• Melting and Solidification

According to the diagram, what does an igneous rock form from?

• A volcano

• Magma
• Sedimentary Rocks