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Rocks: Mineral Mixtures Study Guide
Answer in complete sentences.
1. What is the rock cycle?
2. What is an intrusive rock?
3. What is an igneous rock?
4. What is metamorphic rock?
5. How does a sedimentary rock form?
6. What is extrusive rock?
If the statement is true, write true. If the state is false, make the statement true by changing a
word or words in the statement.
7.________ The process that presses sediments together is called deposition.
8. ________ Igneous rocks that form beneath Earth’s surface are extrusive rocks.
9. ________ High temperature and pressure can change an igneous rock into sedimentary rock.
10. ________ The small particles of rock or the remains of living things that make up sedimentary
rocks are called cement.
11. ________ A series of processes known as the water cycle continuously change rocks from one
kind to another.
12. ________ An igneous rock that forms on Earth’s surface is an extrusive rock.
Fill in the terms of each sentence.
13. Dissolved particles of sediment stick together to form sedimentary rock in a process called
_____________________.
14. As layer upon layer of sediments are deposited, the process of ____________________
presses them together.
15. Two conditions that can cause sedimentary rock to change to metamorphic rock are pressure
and high _____________________.
16. Generally, a ____________________ is made up of minerals and other materials.
17. To describe a rock’s _____________________, geologists determine the size, shape, and pattern
of the rock’s grains.
Complete each sentence.
18. The heat that changes a rock into metamorphic rock comes from
19. Heat and pressure beneath Earth’s surface can change any rock into
20. A series of processes on Earth’s surface and below that slowly changes rocks from one kind to
another is called
21. During the rock cycle, what type or types of rock can change to form sedimentary rock?
22. Where does most metamorphic rock form?
23. A rock’s texture is the
24. Erosion and deposition play roles in the formation of what type of rocks?
25. What do the names of the three major groups of rocks refer to?
26. A combination of different minerals forms what object?
Draw a diagram of the rock cycle. Label the processes, changes, and the different types of
rock formations. Then, answer the following questions.
27. What is a good title for this diagram?
28. According to your diagram, metamorphic rock can change into what type or types of rock?
29. According to your diagram, magma and lava may form through the melting of what type of rock?
30. What type of rocks form through erosion, deposition, compaction, and cementation?
31. According to your diagram, how is igneous rock formed?