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What rock forms as a response to heat and pressure?
a) Sedimentary
b) Metamorphic
c) Igneous
d) Calcite

What BEST describes rocks?
a) Rocks contain more than one mineral.
b) Rocks are made inside of Earth's mantle.
c) Just like minerals, rocks have a certain shape
d) Rocks and minerals have a denite chemical composition

What best describes the rock cycle?
a) sedimentary rocks may be remelted several times
b) rocks move in circles on the earth as the earth rotates
c) rocks can be moved from place to place on the earth without changing
d) rocks are continually changing, and any type of rock may betransformed into another type by appropriate processes

If underground pockets of magma __ and solidify, __ igneous rock is formed, such as granite
a) cools slowly, extrusive
b) cools quickly, intrusive
c) cools slowly, instrusive
d) cools quickly, extrusive

What type of rock is similar to a peanut butter sandwich in the respect that they both have layers?
a) mineral rock
b) igneous rock
c) sedimentary rock
d) metamorphic rock

How are rocks dierent than minerals?
a) rocks have no properties similar to minerals
b) rocks are made up of at least 2 minerals but minerals are not made of rocks
c) rocks are a pure substance and minerals are mixtures
d) minerals are made up of at least 2 rocks but rocks are not made of minerals

The teacher is teaching rocks and minerals. If a chocolate chip cookie represents a rock, the chocolate chips are most likely what?
a) fossils
b) gems
c) rocks
d) minerals

Which factor is MOST important in determining which minerals will form in a rock?
a) weight
b) size
c) composition
d) color

This example of sedimentary rock is formed when rock fragments, minerals, and the remains of plants and animals are deposited as sediments and are then.....
a) recrystalized under the weight of the layers
b) compacted and cemented together.
c) melted due to increased temperature and pressure.
d) chemically weathered by water.

Metamorphic rocks can be converted into a sedimentary rock by rst undergoing which of the following processes?
a) weathering and erosion
b) cooling and crystallization
c) heat and pressure
d) compaction and cementation

What are the 5 characteristics of a mineral?
a) Organic, Naturally Occurring, Solid, Definite Chemical Composition, Crystal Structure
b) Inorganic, Naturally Occurring, Liquid, Definite Chemical Composition, Crystal Structure
c) Organic, Man-made, Solid, Definite Chemical Composition, Crystal Structure
d) Inorganic, Naturally Occurring, Solid, Definite Chemical Composition, Crystal Structure

Metamorphic rocks can be formed from which other type(s) of rock?
a) Igenous
b) Sedimentary
c) Metamorphic
d) All of the above

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