Rocks and the Rock Cycle

When large rocks are broken down into smaller parts by physical and chemical means

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Both

• Neither

What is the parent material of all rocks?

• Magma

• Lava

• Sedimentary

• Organic matter

Clastic & non-clastic are 2 types of.....

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Intrusive & extrusive are 2 types of...

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• Igneous

Foliated & non-foliated are 2 types of...

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

Geologists have classified rocks into three major groups of rocks which are:

• inorganic, organic and chemical rocks

• igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks

• metamorphic, chemical and non chemical rocks

• sedimentary, inorganic and igneous rocks

Any rock that forms from another rock as a result of changes in heat or pressure (or both) is a:

• chemical rock

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

A rock that forms from many small fragments of other rocks is a(n)

• igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

• extrusive rock

Which rock cycle process causes many sedimentary rocks to have visible layers?

• eruption

• intrusion

• crystallization

• deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

If heat and pressure inside Earth cause the texture and crystal structure of a rock to change, what new material is formed?

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

• chemical rock