Ch 4 Test Quiz (8th)

When temperature and pressure change, what can happen to the minerals in rock?

What does metamorphism begin with?

What determines the composition of a rock?

Which of the following is a use for pumice?

How are igneous rocks classified?

Weathering and erosion occur because of the actions of ___.

A river deposits sediment when the water ___.

A metamorphic rock may undergo foliation when pressure is ___.

What kind of texture will a conglomerate rock have?

Which rocks may form on Earth’s surface?

What forces are most likely to affect rocks at Earth’s surface?

How do clastic sedimentary rocks begin?

Which of the following is NOT a metamorphic rock?

Which of the following forces affects rock deep beneath Earth’s surface?

Clastic sedimentary rocks are classified by ___.

How many different kinds of igneous rocks are there?

Slate is a metamorphic rock that is used for ___.

The rock that makes up the ocean floor is ___.

What type of rock is the White House made out of?

Which process is involved when a sedimentary rock changes to an igneous rock?

Metamorphism changes rocks because ___.

Each type of rock has a particular ___.

How is granite used?

When sediments settle out of water, they form ___.

Regional metamorphism can be the result of ___.

Many mountain ranges are made of ___.

What has to increase in order for metamorphism to occur?

Which of the following has the smallest grains?

Which of the following sedimentary rocks contains the smallest sediments?

Which process forms sediment?

What kind of sedimentary rock is made when dissolved minerals precipitate out of water?

Contact metamorphism is caused by ___.