Unit 2 Lessons 3 And 4 ~ The Rock Cycle And Three Classes Of Rock - Part 3 Question Preview (ID: 30000)


Characteristics, Identification, Classification, And Formation Of Rocks. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

the sinking of regions of Earth's crust to lower elevations
a) uplift
b) subsidence
c) rift zone
d)

the rising of regions of the Earth's crust to higher elevation and increases the erosion rate
a) uplift
b) subsidence
c) rift zone
d)

the metamorphic process in which minerals grains are NOT arragned or aligned in planes or bands
a) foliated metamorphic rock
b) nonfoliated metamorphic rock
c)
d)

the metamorphic process in which mineral grains are arranged in planes or bands called folliations
a) foliated metamorphic rock
b) nonfoliated metamorphic rock
c)
d)

rock that forms when temperature and pressure or chemical processes change rock
a) igneous rock
b) sedimentary rock
c) metamorphic rock
d)

a type of sedimentary rock that forms from the remains, or fossils, of once-living plants and animals
a) clastic sedimentary rock
b) chemical sedimentary rock
c) organic sedimentary rock
d)

a type of sedimentary rock that forms when water, usually seawater, evaporates and leaves the minerals behind
a) clastic sedimentary rock
b) chemical sedimentary rock
c) organic sedimentary rock
d)

a type of sedimentary rock that forms when sediment are buried, compacted, and cemented together by calcite or quartz
a) clastic sedimentary rock
b) chemical sedimentary rock
c) organic sedimentary rock
d)

rock that forms when sediment or pieces become cemented together
a) igneous
b) sedimentary
c) metamorphic
d)

an area of deep cracks that forms between two tectonic plates that are pulling away from each other
a) uplift
b) subsidence
c) rift zone
d)

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