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Chapter 4 Rocks/Rock Cycle


 


Answer the following questions from Chapter 4 Rocks/Rock Cycle.
Remeber to raise the flag so the teacher can record the quiz grade
on your learning stations coversheet.

  • 1) Why does magma tend to rise toward the Earth's surface through
    cracks in the crust or through volcanoes?



  • 2) During metamorphism of granite into foliated gneiss, what happens to
    the minerals?



  • 3) Which igneous intrusive rock has large mineral grains?



  • 4) What do igneous rocks form from?



  • 5) What kind of metamorphic rock is marble?



  • 6) What type of sedimentary rock is made from dissovled minerals that
    came out of a solution/underground liquids?



  • 7) What types of sedimentary rocks are made from broken rock fragments?



  • 8) During what process are sediments pressed together?



  • 9) During what process are sediments glued together?



  • 10) What types of igneous rocks form beneath the Earth's surface?



  • 11) What type of igneous rocks form near or above Earth's surface?



  • 12) What types of igneous rocks are dark in color?



  • 13) What types of igneous rocks are light in color?



  • 14) A mixture of minerals, volcanic glass, organic matter and other
    materials is called a ________.



  • 15) What is the name of the diagram/chart that illustrates the processes
    that creat and change rocks called?



  • 16) Which of the following IS NOT a process that can create or change
    rocks?



  • 17) Which of the following is NOT a part of the major groups of rocks?



  • 18) Rocks are never destroyed as they are created and changed. Instead,
    they are recycled into new types of rocks. This principle is called
    the Conservation of ________.



  • 19) Molten, liquid material that creates igneous rocks found beneath the
    Earth's surface is called _____.



  • 20) Molten, liquid material that creates igneous rocks found at or near
    the Earth's surface is called __________.



   


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