Unit 3 (Geology) Vocabulary Quiz
Quiz by Mallory Strelecky
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- Q1Which type of rock forms when molten rock cools and becomes solid?Sedimentary RockMetamorphic RockIgneous RockChemical Sedimentary Rock10sEditDelete
- Q2What is an intrusive rock?a metamorphic rock that has a banded texturea sedimentary rock that forms as bits of weathered rock become cemented togetheran igneous rock that forms below the surface of Earthan igneous rock that forms above the surface of Earth10sEditDelete
- Q3Which type of igneous rock forms above the surface of Earth?ClasticFoliatedExtrusiveIntrusive10sEditDelete
- Q4Which type of rock forms when existing rocks are broken down into sediments and cemented back together?Sedimentary RockMetamorphic RockNon Foliated Metamorphic RockIgneous Rock10sEditDelete
- Q5What is a clastic rock?an igneous rock that forms above the surface of Eartha metamorphic rock that does not have a banded texturea sedimentary rock that forms as bits of weathered rock become cemented togethera sedimentary rock that forms as bits of weathered rock become cemented together10sEditDelete
- Q6Which type of sedimentary rock forms when dissolved minerals or elements that are separated from water combine together?ChemicalExtrusiveClasticFoliated10sEditDelete
- Q7What is weathering?the breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces or sedimentsthe movement of sediments to other locationsthe process in which sediments settle out of the air or waterthe process that squeezes sediments together10sEditDelete
- Q8Which process moves sediments to other locations?CementationDepositionWeatheringErosion10sEditDelete
- Q9What is deposition?the process by which dissolved minerals glue sediments togetherthe breaking down of rocks into sedimentsthe movement of sediments to other locationsthe process in which sediments settle out of the air or water10sEditDelete
- Q10Which process squeezes sediments together?DepositionCementationErosionCompaction10sEditDelete
- Q11Which process glues sediments together?CementationWeatheringCompactionDeposition10sEditDelete
- Q12Which type of rock is created by the physical or chemical alteration of existing rocks by heat and pressure?Metamorphic RockSedimentary RockIntrusive Igneous RockIgneous Rock10sEditDelete
- Q13Which type of rock has a banded texture?Non Foliated Metamorphic RockChemical Sedimentary RockIntrusive Igneous RockFoliated Metamorphic Rock10sEditDelete
- Q14What is a non foliated rock?an igneous rock that forms below the surface of Eartha metamorphic rock that does not have a banded texturea sedimentary rock that forms when dissolved minerals combinea metamorphic rock that has a banded texture10sEditDelete
- Q15Which is the outermost layer of the Earth?MantleCrustCore10sEditDelete
- Q16What is the mantle?the outermost layer of the Earththe innermost layer of the Earththe solid rocky shell between the crust and the core10sEditDelete
- Q17Which is the the innermost layer of the Earth?CoreMantleCrust10sEditDelete
- Q18What is plate tectonics?the shaking of the ground produced by the rapid release of energy along fractures in the crustthe theory that the surface of Earth is broken into plates that movethe supercontinent that was formed about 300 million years agothe hypothesis that states that the continents were once together10sEditDelete
- Q19What are the large rocks that make up the outer layer of the surface of Earth called?FaultsPangaeaPlatesMantle10sEditDelete
- Q20Which states that the continents were once joined together to form a single supercontinent and that the supercontinent broke into pieces and the continents drifted to their present day locations?Continental DriftPlate Tectonics10sEditDelete