Rocks, Weathering, and Erosion Test Review (If a question is multiple choice and you miss it, your team will lose points.)

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What type of rock is formed by the cooling of magma or lave? 200 What type of rock is formed by the cooling of magma or lave? Back Answer: igneous

400 What type of rock should fit in the yellow square on this rock cycle chart? Back Answer: igneous

600 What must happen to other rocks before a sedimentary rock can be formed? Back Answer: weathering

How could a sedimentary rock become a metamorphic rock? 800 How could a sedimentary rock become a metamorphic rock? Answer: must be exposed to high heat and/or large pressure Back

Which rock should fit in the blue box? 1000 Which rock should fit in the blue box? A B C Back Answer: B

What type of rock is the following rock? 200 What type of rock is the following rock? Back Answer: sedimentary

What is the distinctive feature of foliated metamorphic rocks? 400 What is the distinctive feature of foliated metamorphic rocks? Back Answer: bands of color

What type of rock is the following (be specific!) 600 What type of rock is the following (be specific!) Back Answer: foliated metamorphic

What are igneous rocks that form above ground called? 800 What are igneous rocks that form above ground called? Back Answer: extrusive or volcanic

What is a clastic sedimentary rock? 1000 What is a clastic sedimentary rock? Answer: rock where sediments are compacted and cemented together Back

A solid mixture of minerals formed on the Earth is called… 200 A solid mixture of minerals formed on the Earth is called… Back Answer: a rock

400 Describe where the following igneous rock formed and the rate of cooling. Answer: above ground, fast cooling Back

Large crystals form when magma cools _________. 600 Large crystals form when magma cools _________. Back Answer: slowly

What is the origin of fine-grained igneous rock? 800 What is the origin of fine-grained igneous rock? Answer: lava that cooled quickly at the earth’s surface Back

What are the only types of rocks that can contain fossils? 1000 What are the only types of rocks that can contain fossils? Back Answer: sedimentary

What type of weathering agent caused the weathering below? 200 What type of weathering agent caused the weathering below? Back Answer: wind (abrasion)

What type of weathering is occurring in the picture to the right? 400 What type of weathering is occurring in the picture to the right? Back Answer: biological

What is one type of chemical weathering? 600 What is one type of chemical weathering? Back Answer: acid rain or oxidation

Which part of this structure is the most resistant to weathering? 800 Which part of this structure is the most resistant to weathering? Back Answer: the top part

What type of weathering gives Red Rocks its red color? 1000 What type of weathering gives Red Rocks its red color? Back Answer: oxidation

200 Which sand sample below is fairly well-sorted but not well-rounded? A B C Back Answer: A

A B C Which of the following pictures represents erosion? 400 Back Answer: C

Which erosional agent most likely buried the car in this picture? 600 Which erosional agent most likely buried the car in this picture? Back Answer: wind

800 Where in the river picture below is the river sediment most likely very fine, well-sorted, and rounded? Back Answer: lower part or mouth

In what type of environment does ice wedging usually occur? 1000 In what type of environment does ice wedging usually occur? Answer: Where temps vary above and below the freezing point Back