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What will happen to a rock if it is exposed to heat and pressure?
a) it will be weathered
b) it will become an igneous rock
c) it will become a sedimentary rock
d) it will become a metamorphic rock

Which type of rock often contains fossils and is found in areas with water or in areas where there used to be water?
a) metamorphic
b) thermic
c) sedimentary
d) igneous

How does a sedimentary rock become an igneous rock?
a) it must be put under heat and pressure
b) it must be weathered, eroded, deposited, compacted and cemented
c) it must be melted and cooled
d) none of the above

When rock is changed or moved by wind or water
a) weathering
b) erosion
c) metamorphosis
d) cementation

How is a sedimentary rock formed?
a) it must be weathered, deposited, compacted and cemented
b) it must be exposed to heat and pressure
c) it must be melted into lava and then cooled and hardened
d) it must erupt from a volcano

How is a metamorphic rock formed
a) Heat and pressure
b) Melting and cooling
c) Weathering and erosion
d) None of the above

How is an igneous rock formed
a) Compacting and cementing
b) Heat and pressure
c) Melting and cooling
d) None of the above

You find a sedimentary rock outside of your house. Which process is responsible for the formation of the rock?
a) Lava that erupted from a volcano that cooled and hardened
b) deposits that were layered and then compacted and cemented together
c) extreme heat and pressure
d) It partially melted

A rock gets buried inside earth were it is exposed to heat and pressure. Although the rock gets hot, it does not melt. What rock formed?
a) igneous
b) metamorphic
c) sedimentary
d) none of the above

when sediments are pressed together
a) compact
b) cement
c) weathered
d) eroded

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