Chapter 8 Science Quiz

What is the innermost layer of the Earth called?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Core

• Sediment

Which type of rock is formed when melted rock from inside the Earth cools and hardens?

• Sedimentary rock

• Igneous rock

• Metamorphic rock

• Mineral

What is the outermost layer of the Earth?

• Core

• Mantle

• Crust

• Magma

What is a solid non-living material of specific chemical makeup called?

• Rock

• Mineral

• Sediment

• Lava

What is the process called where rocks are continuously changed?

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Rock cycle

• Sedimentation

What is the term for molten rock beneath Earth's surface?

• Lava

• Magma

• Sediment

• Core

What is the movement of rock material from one place to another called?

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Sedimentation

• Metamorphism

What is the slow wearing away of rock into smaller pieces known as?

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Sedimentation

• Metamorphism

New rock that forms when existing rocks are changed by heat, pressure, or chemicals called?

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

• igneous rock

• rock cycle

A type of rock that forms when sediment becomes pressed together and hardens?

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

• igneous rock

• rock cycle