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What is an example of a sedimentary rock?
a) limestone, sandstone
b) gneiss, marble, slate
c) granite, obsidian, basalt
d) x
How are sedimentary rocks formed?
a) lava or magma hardens
b) compact and cement together
c) heat or pressure
d) x
What is an example of an Igneous rock?
a) marble, gneiss, slate
b) limestone, sandstone
c) granite, basalt, obsidian
d) x
How are metamorphic rocks formed?
a) lava or magma hardening
b) compact and cement together
c) heat and pressure
d) x
What is an example of a metamorphic rock?
a) basalt, obsidian, granite
b) marble, gneiss, slate
c) sandstone, limestone
d) x
How are igneous rocks formed?
a) sediments accumulate and compact and cement together
b) when lava and magma hardens
c) heat and pressure while buried deep below Earth's surface.
d) x
What must happen for a metamorphic rock to become s sedimentary rock?
a) melts, then cools and hardens
b) rock is buried deep in the earth, then subjected to extreme heat and pressure, it does NOT melt
c) rock is exposed to weathering, then break down into sediment, lots of sediment comes together and is compacted and cemented
d) x
What must happen for an igneous rock to become metamorphic rock?
a) melts, then cools and hardens
b) rock is buried deep in the earth then subjected to extreme heat and pressure, it does NOT melt
c) rock is exposed to weathering, then breaks into sediment, lots of sediment is compacted and cemented d and cemented
d) x
The natural process that forms and recycles different rocks is known as the
a) Moh's Scale
b) Rock cycle
c) Plate Tectonics
d) Heliocentric
What process causes magma to cool and make igneous rock?
a) cooling
b) cementation and compaction
c) weathering and erosion
d) heat and pressure
For a rock to become sediment, what must happen to it?
a) cooling
b) cementation and compaction
c) weathering and erosion
d) heat and pressure
Which rocks have been broken down over time?
a) igneous
b) metamorphic
c) sedimentary
d) x
What must happen for a sedimentary rock to become an igneous rock?
a) melts, then cools and hardens
b) rock is buried deep in the earth, then subjected to extreme heat and pressure, it does NOT melt
c) rock must be exposed to weathering, the break down into sediment, lots of sediment
d) x
Which rocks are the only rocks to contain fossils?
a) igneous
b) metamorphic
c) sedimentary
d) x
Which type of rocks can become metamorphic rocks?
a) igneous
b) metamorphic
c) sedimentary
d) all of the above
Sediment can make sedimentary rock through which process?
a) cooling
b) cementation and compaction
c) weathering and erosion
d) heat and pressure
If a rock undergoes extreme heat and pressure, what kind of rock will it form?
a) igneous
b) metamorphic
c) sedimentary
d) x
What type of rock has a layered or banded appearance?
a) Igneous
b) metamorphic
c) sedimentary
d) x
What type of rock is found near volcanoes?
a) igneous
b) metamorphic
c) sedimentary
d) x
What type of rocks are often deposited in layers and contain sand, pebbles, and fossils?
a) igneous
b) metamorphic
c) sedimentary
d) x
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