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Utah St 3 Ob 2.
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A family wishes to build a house on a steep hillside. They call a geologist to ask if this is a good idea. What will the geologist suggest to the family?
a) windstorms will affect the house and yard.
b) the hillside may erode and gravity will pull it down.
c) it will be difficult to grow plants on the steep hillside
d) volcanoes are more likely on steep hillsides
Which of the following describes the energy source for melting most rock inside Earth?
a) the sun
b) volcanos
c) heat inside Earth
d) erosion
Which model best demonstrates how erosion changes the surface of Earth?
a) Moving sand in a sandbox with a hose.
b) Shaking a pan of sand up and down.
c) Adding sand to a pile of sand in sandbox.
d) Finding sand in a corner of a building.
Which of the following processes are required in the formation of all igneous rock?
a) Complete melting
b) Erosion
c) Deposition
d) Compaction
Which of the following processes are required in the formation of all sedimentary rock?
a) Complete melting and recrystallization
b) Heat and pressure
c) Compaction and cementation
d) Melting and cooling
Which of the following processes are required in the formation of all metamorphic rock?
a) heating the rock until it melts
b) erosion of weathered materials
c) deposition and mineral cementing
d) Heat and pressure but not melting
Which assumption must scientists make about the rock cycle?
a) igneous rocks cannot change into other rocks because they are already changed.
b) rocks are formed in Earth’s center and rise to the crust to form the soil.
c) igneous rocks form in volcanoes and then erode to form metamorphic rocks.
d) rocks in ancient times weathered, eroded and deposited as they do today.
What rock type comes from Magma
a) Sedimentary
b) Metamorphic
c) Igneous
d) not the answer
How are sedimentary rocks made?
a) Burial, heat pressure, partial melting, recrystallization
b) Burial, heat pressure, complete melting, crystallization
c) Weathering, erosion, deposition, cementation and compaction
d) Weathering, erosion, deposition, burial, heat pressure
Which of the following is true concerning the relationship between rocks on the rock cycle?
a) The rocks form in order going clockwise on the rock cycle.
b) The rocks form in order going counter-clockwise on the rock cycle.
c) Any rock can change into any other rock on the rock cycle
d) The rocks are related to the each other by the minerals that they contain
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