Rocks, they seam basic, lifeless and cold. The reality is rather different though, they are born in fire, live for millions of years, change shape and form, all to eventually be swallowed by fire on the other side of the planet 100’s of millions of years later.
There are 3 types of rock that can exist:
- Igneous – formed by magma and the first stage or “birth” of rocks
- Sedimentary – made from eroded or weathered igneous or metamorphic rocks.
- Metamorphic – buried and compressed igneous or sedimentary rocks
Take the quiz on this link or try answer them in your book
Rock cycle quiz
| Questions on the rock Cycle |
| 1. Type of rock that forms when molten magma from within Earth cools and solidifies |
| 2. Magma that reaches Earth’s surface is called ____. |
| 3. Type of rock that forms when particles of rock and other materials are compacted and cemented together. |
| 4. Type of rock that forms when heat and great pressure beneath Earth’s surface is applied to igneous or sedimentary rock. |
| 5. “metamorphic” means |
| 6. Rocks are classified as metamorphic, sedimentary, or igneous based on ___________. |
| 7. Geologists study |
| 8. Over millions of years, the three different kinds of rock continuously change from one kind into another in this process called the ___________. |
| 9. Could this statement be true? Igneous rock is eroded to form metamorphic rock. |
| 10. Could this statement be true? Metamorphic rock melts to form sedimentary rock. |
| 11. Could this statement be true? Igneous rock is heated and squeezed to form metamorphic rock. |
| 12. What type of rock is formed when broken pieces of any kind of rock are deposited into layers and cemented together? |
| 13. Erosion and deposition on Earth’s surface forms what kind of rock? |
| 14. Magma cooling beneath Earth’s surface or lava cooling on Earth’s surface forms what kind of rock? |
| 15. Heat and pressure beneath Earth’s surface form what kind of rock? |
| 16. When heat and pressure change the minerals in a rock, what kind of rock is formed? |
| 17. When lava cools on Earth’s surface, what kind of igneous rock is formed? |
| 18. When magma cools beneath Earth’s surface, what kind of igneous rock is formed? |
| 19. The innermost layer of the Earth is called the |
| 20. The uppermost part of the mantle is part of Earth’s ______________. |
| 21. Rocks produced when pieces of other rocks, plant and animal matter, or dissolved minerals collect to form rock layers are called |
| 22. What type of rock can melt to form magma? |
| 23. What kind of rock can weather and erode to form sediment? |
| 24. When __________ compacts and cements, sedimentary rock forms. |
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Mr Danic 