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Rocks created by compacting and cementing are
a) sedimentary
b) igneous
c) fossiliferous
d) metamorphic

What processes work together to produce sediment?
a) heat and pressure
b) weathering and erosion
c) compaction and cementation
d) cooling and hardening

Sedimentary can become igneous rock by
a) weathering and erosion
b) melting, cooling, and hardening
c) heat and pressure
d) compaction and cementation

Which is a correct statement for a process in the rock cycle
a) magma can only form by compacting and cementing
b) metamorphic rock forms by crystalization
c) igneous rocks form by heat and pressure
d) sediment can only form by weathering, erosion, and deposition

The series of geological processes that transforms magma into granite, granite into sand, and sand into sandstone are
a) weathering and erosion, compacting and cementing, heat and pressure
b) melting, heat and pressure, cooling
c) cooling, weathering and erosion, compacting and cementing
d) weathering and erosion, compacting and cementing, cooling

Why is it near impossible for metamorphic rock to contain fossils?
a) these rocks are formed underwater, and the water dissolves the fossils
b) they are formed from hot magma and the heat would destroy the fossils
c) they form from hot magma deep under the surface where organisms do not live
d) they undergo extremely high pressure or temperature change when formed which would destroy the fossils

Rock formed by heat and pressure is
a) extrusive igneous
b) sedimentary
c) metamorphic
d) intrusive igneous

When sediment is _____?_______, sedimentary rock forms
a) weathered and eroded
b) compacted and cemented
c) cooled and hardened
d) melted and cooled

A true statement about the rock cycle is...
a) the formation of rock within the rock cycle ends after metamorphic rocks form
b) heat, pressure, cooling, weathering, erosion, and deposition change rock
c) sedimentary can change to metamorphic rock, but not to igneous rock
d) weathering occurs in igneous rock bur never in sedimentary or metamorphic rock

When rock breaks down into sand and gravel -?- is created.
a) magma
b) sediment
c) humus
d) debris

Sedimentary rock can change into igneous rock by
a) weathering and erosion
b) extreme pressure until new minerals form
c) being cemented to other rock
d) melting, cooling, and hardening

When petrologist (geologists who study rocks) study rock samples to decide what the rock is made of, they look at the rock's...
a) color, texture, and mineral content
b) location, size, and color
c) size, shape, and mineral content
d) location, shape, and smell

The process by which sediment is glued together is called
a) compaction
b) cementation
c) crystalization
d) oxidation

Rocks that change due to heat deep inside earth but do not melt are
a) igneous
b) intrusive igneous
c) metamorphic
d) sedimentary

The process that lays sediment down is
a) deposition
b) erosion
c) weathering
d) compaction

The rock most likely to contain fossils is
a) metamorphic
b) sedimentary
c) igneous
d) fossiliferous

The rock cycle is...
a) how rocks are created from soil
b) the circular path the rock travels
c) process of how rocks form from dead plants, animals, and other rock
d) processes that form and recycle other rocks

The type of rock that forms from great pressure but not heat is
a) sedimentary
b) igneous
c) fossiliferous
d) metamorphic

The term used to describe how sediment moves from one place to another is...
a) weathering
b) erosion
c) deposition
d) compaction

Melted rock at or near Earth's surface is
a) magma
b) lava
c) basalt
d) obsidian

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