Rocks

When shale rock is exposed to heat and pressure deep under Earth's surface for thousands of years, it forms into slate. What type of rock is slate?

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

• extrusive

Nora was on a vacation in Hawaii and decided to study some rocks. What type of rock is Nora most likely to find while on an Island in Hawaii?

• She will find mainly igneous rock, because Hawaii has and was formed by active volcanoes.

• She will find mainly metamorphic rock, because Hawaii always has high temperatures.

• She will find mainly sedimentary rock, because Hawaii has a large amount of organic plant matter.

• She will find mainly sedimentary rock, because Hawaii has high winds and ocean currents.

What are the three types of rocks?

• metamorphic, lava and igneous

• igneous, sedimentary and mineral

• igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic

• lava, metamorphic, and sedimentary

The rock cycle indicates that each type of rock can_____

• provide materials to make other rocks

• form other rocks

• be changed by forces at earth's surface

• all of the above

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What type of rock is pictured?

• Extrusive Igneous Rock

• Foliated Metamorphic Rock

• Nonfoliated Metamorphic Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

This is checkerboard mesa in Zion National Park. What type of rock is shown?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

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What type of rock forms from heat and pressure deep inside earth's surface?

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

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What type of rock forms from lava that has cooled at or near earth's surface?

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

Fossils are sometimes found in which type of rock?  (Fossils can only survive this rock's process of formation.)

• intrusive igneous

• extrusive igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

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A geologist is a scientist who studies_______.

• plants and animals

• fossils

• rocks and minerals

• ocean animals

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