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ES -Chp 5 Rock Quiz
Earth Science Rock Quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the 3 characteristics used to identify rocks? | Color, texture, and mineral composition |
| What are the 3 major rock groups? | Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic |
| How do igenous rocks form? | From the cooling of molten rock (magma or lava) |
| How do sedimentary rocks form? | When particles or remains of plants, animals,and other rocks are compacted (pressed) and cemented together |
| How do metamorphic rocks form? | when existing rocks are changed by heat and pressure |
| How are igneous rocks classified? | By their origin, texture, and mineral composition |
| Because igneous rocks are hard, dense,and durable, they are good for ____________ . | Building materials |
| What are the 4 steps to creation of sedimentary rocks? | erosion, deposition, compaction, and cementation |
| What are the 3 major types of Sedimentary rocks? | clastic, organic, and chemical |
| How are metamorphic rocks classified? | By the arrangement of their grains |
| What drives the Rock Cycle? | tectonic plate movements |
| What are the 5 processes that cause rocks to change? | melting, cooling, erosion, compaction,and cementation |
| What do you call the look and feel of a rock's surface? | texture |
| What is a particle of mineral or other rock that gives a rock its texture? | grain |
| What is a type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface? | igenous rock |
| What is a type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants or animals are pressed and cemented together? | sedimentary rock |
| What is a sedimentary rock that forms when only fragments of other rocks are squeezed togetherunder high pressure? | clastic rock |
| What are igneous rocks that form from lava on the surface called? | extrusive rocks |
| What are igneous rocks that form when magma hardens beneath the surface called? | intrusive rocks |
| What are small solid pieces of material that comes from rocks or organisms? | sediment |
| What is a type of rock that forms from existing rock that is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions? | metamorphic rock |
| What is the destructive force in which water or wind loosen and carry away fragments of rock? | erosion |
| What is the process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind that is carrying it? | deposition |
| the process by which sediments are pressed together under their own weight | compaction |
| a sedimentary rock that forms when minerals crystallize from a solution | chemical rock |
| the process by which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together into one mass | cementation |
| a sedimentary rock that forms where remains of organisms are deposited in thick layers | organic rock |
| the term used to describe metamorhphic rocks whose grains are arranged in parallel lines or bands | foliated |
| The rock cycle is driven by ______________ _____________ . | plate movements |
| True or false? Rocks change by following only one pathway through the rock cycle. | False! Rocks can follow multiple pathways or change into any type rock in the cycle. |
| True or false? It only takes days and weeks for a rock to travel around the rock cycle. | False! A rock takes hundreds or thousands of years to travel around the rock cycle. |
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