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What type of rock can you find fossils in?
a) sedimentary
b) Igneous
c) metamorphic
d)

Produced from solidified lava
a) extrusive igneous
b) intrusive igneous
c) metamotphic
d) sedimentary

Produced from solidified magma
a) intrusive igneous rock
b) extrusive igneous rock
c) metamorphic
d) sedimentary

Intrusive igneous rocks have a coarse texture because
a) long cooling period
b) short cooling period
c)
d)

Intrusive igneous rocks have a fine texture because they
a) cool rapidly
b) cool slowly
c)
d)

If a rock has gas pockets, it is known as
a) Vesicular
b) glassy
c) coarse
d)

Rocks that form from intense heat and pressure
a) metamorphic
b) sedimentary
c) igneous
d)

Rocks that form from sediments being compacted together
a) sedimentary
b) igneous
c) metamorphic
d)

When an intrusion come into contact with pre-existing rocks and those rocks change
a) contact metamorphism
b) weathering
c) erosion
d) extrusive igneous rocks

Existing rock can be melted into magma, this usually occurs at
a) convergent boundaries
b) divergent boundaries
c) transform slip boundaries
d)

New bedrock is formed at
a) divergent boundaries
b) convergent boundaries
c) transform slip boundaries
d)

Earth is separated into sections called
a) tectonic plates
b) continents
c) ridges
d)

The movement of tectonic plates is due to the _________ ________ inside the plastic mantle
a) convection currents
b) mid-ocean
c) Antarctic Plate
d)

Amount of hours of sunlight (isolation) the equator always receives
a) 12
b) 24
c) 18
d) 6

The star in the sky that is constant
a) Polaris (North Star)
b) Pollux
c) Sirius
d) Rigel

As you go deeper into earth the temperature
a) increases
b) decreases
c) stays the same
d)

As you go deeper into earth pressure
a) increases
b) decreases
c) stays the same
d)

Where on a meandering stream is the water flow the fastest, causing more erosion
a) outside of curve
b) inside of curve
c) flow is constant
d)

Where in a meandering stream is water flow the slowest, causing more depostion
a) inside of curve
b) outside of curve
c) flow is the same
d)

Running water creates what shaped valleys
a) v
b) u
c) x
d)

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