Rock Cycle Quiz: Multiple Choice
Rock Cycle Quiz: Multiple Choice
Rock Cycle Quiz: Multiple Choice
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 2.
Which of the following best fits in box X?
a. Conglomerate c. Limestone
b. Breccia d. Sandstone
____ 3. Which of the following may preserve ancient remains of plants and animals?
a. Granitic intrustion c. Foliated schist
b. Volcanic ash d. Folded gneiss
____ 4. Which of the following processes will change a sedimentary rock into an igneous rock?
a. Melting and crystallization c. Deformation and deposition
b. Erosion and deposition d. Faulting and fracturing
____ 5.
The solidification of the melted rock occurred
a. slowly, resulting in fine-grained minerals c. rapidly, resulting in coasrse-grained
minerals
b. slowly, resulting in coarse-grained d. rapidly, resulting in fine-grained minerals
minerals
____ 6. Which statement best describes the formation of an intrusive igneous rock?
a. Magma solidifies slowly, resulting in a c. Magma solidifies rapidly, resulting in a
coarse-grained texture glassy texture
b. Magma solidifies slowly, resulting in a d. Magma solidifies rapidly, resulting in a
fine-grained texture clastic texture
____ 7. The accompanying diagram shows a rock with deformed structure and intergrown crystals.
b. d.
____ 9.
Which table correctly classifies each rock type?
a. c.
b. d.
____ 14.
Which processes would form the type of rock that is represented by circle B?
a. deposition and compaction c. weathering and erosion
b. melting and solidification d. faulting and folding
____ 15.
If the rock in circle C formed from limestone, it would be called...
a. schist c. anthracite coal
b. marble d. quartzite
____ 16.
Which rocks could be represented by circles X, Y, and Z?
a. sandstone, conglomerate, and siltstone c. bituminous coal, slate, and schist
b. anthracite coal, metaconglomerate, and d. breccia, gneiss, and rhyolite
rock salt
Rock Cycle Quiz
Answer Section
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. ANS: A PTS: 1
2. ANS: C PTS: 1
3. ANS: B PTS: 1
4. ANS: A PTS: 1
5. ANS: D PTS: 1
6. ANS: A PTS: 1
7. ANS: B PTS: 1
8. ANS: D PTS: 1
9. ANS: B PTS: 1
10. ANS: D PTS: 1
11. ANS: D PTS: 1
12. ANS: C PTS: 1
13. ANS: D PTS: 1
14. ANS: B PTS: 1
15. ANS: B PTS: 1
16. ANS: A PTS: 1