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1) Which of the following is a use for fossils found in sedimentary rocks

Amatching rocks of the same age found in different places Bindicating when the rock was formed Cinterpreting past environment Dall of the answers listed

2) Fossils are only found in

Anon foliated metamorphic rocks Bsedimentary rocks Cintrusive igneous rocks Dfoliated metamorphic rocks

3) Sedimentary rocks with ripple marks suggest that the rocks formed

Afrom the shell fragments of ancient sea dwelling creatures Balong a beach or stream Cwhen wet mud dried and shrank Dwhen ancient animals walked on them

4) Most metamorphic processes take place

Ajust below the Earth's surface Ba few kilometers below the Earth's surface Cat Earth's surface Dseveral hundred kilometers below the Earth\'s surface

5) Which of the following metamorphic rocks would most likely have formed at the highest temerature and pressures?

Agneiss Bschist Cslate Dphyllite

6) In which of the following settings would a metamorphic rock most likely form

A8 kilometers below the Earth\'s surface Ban ocean floor Ca desert Don the slopes of an active volcano

7) The primary agent of contact metamorphisms is

Aweathering Bextreme pressure Cheat Dflowing water

8) Most of the heat form contact metamorphism is supplied by

Aa nearby mass of magma Bradioactive elements Cdeep burial in the Earth Dfrictional heating along a fault

9) What rock forming process occurs when hot magma forces its way into rock?

Aregional metamorphism Bbiochemical sedimentation Ccontact metamorphism Ddeposition

10) Which of the following is NOT an agent of metamorphism?

Apressure Bhydrothemral solution Crunning water Dheat

*select an answer for all questions

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