Rocks and Rock Cycle

What do cooling and crystallization produce?

• Metamorphic rocks

• Sedimentary rocks

• Igneous rocks

• Volcanic ash

What type of rock is formed from cooled lava?

• Sedimentary rock

• Metamorphic rock

• Igneous rock

• Volcanic rock

What type of rock is formed from the accumulation of sediments?

• Igneous rock

• Metamorphic rock

• Sedimentary rock

• Volcanic rock

When you watch a volcano erupt molten rock, you are seeing what?

• Magma

• Lava

• Ash

• Pumice

What is the molten rock beneath the Earth's surface called?

• Lava

• Magma

• Basalt

• Granite

What are small pieces of rock and minerals called?

• Sediments

• Crystals

• Granules

• Pebbles

What do we call the cycle that describes how rocks change from one type to another?

• Rock Cycle

• Water Cycle

• Carbon Cycle

• Nitrogen Cycle

What is the solid form of minerals that make up rocks?

• Rock

• Mineral

• Soil

• Clay

What is the process called when rocks break into smaller pieces due to exposure to natural elements?

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Sedimentation

• Metamorphism

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

• True

• False

• It can become metamorphic rock only

• It can become any type of rock