Science Chapter 3 review

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This is a science quiz about rocks for 8th graders
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Question 1

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the three groups of rock are sedimentary, metamorphic, and..
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  • limestone
  • igneous
  • coal

Question 2

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The rock cycle shows how rocks continually...
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  • change over time
  • increase in size
  • are more complex

Question 3

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Which kind of rock forms when molten rock cools?
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  • metamorphic
  • sedimentary
  • igneous

Question 4

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An existing rock can change into another type of rock when it is subjected to great...
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  • pressure
  • winds
  • foliation

Question 5

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What kind of rock forms by recrystallization?
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  • metamorphic
  • igneous
  • sedimentary

Question 6

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Geologists classify an igneous rock on the basis of its crystal size and the [blank_start]amount of[blank_end]
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  • amount of silica

Question 7

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Rock salt is an example of sedimentary rock that develops from dissolved minerals as
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  • magma cools
  • water evaporates
  • sediments break down

Question 8

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A rock does not necessarily have a particular composition or internal structure.
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  • True
  • False

Question 9

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Most rocks at Earth's bottom are sedimentary, but the crust as a whole is made almost entirely of igneous and metamorphic.
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  • True
  • False

Question 10

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intrusive igneous rock forms from..
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  • magma
  • water evaporating
  • graphite

Question 11

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extrusive igneous rock forms from
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  • magma cooling
  • lava cooling
  • graphite

Question 12

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Sedimentary rock forms from...
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  • parent rocks
  • pieces of earlier rock
  • shells or dissolved minerals

Question 13

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Sedimentary rock forms from
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  • ancient plant remains
  • minerals dissolving
  • water evaporating

Question 14

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nonfoliated metamorphic rock forms from..
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  • parent rocks
  • earlier rocks of animal remains
  • parent rock that has one main type of mineral

Question 15

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foliated metamorphic rock forms from
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  • minerals within the ocean
  • minerals within rocks
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