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Which of the following is true about rocks?
a) Most rocks are a mixture of minerals
b) Rocks are composed of only one mineral
c) Coal is not considered a rock
d) Rocks do not contain any nonmineral matter

What is a naturally occuring, solid mass of mineral or mineral like matter?
a) a rock
b) a mineral
c) lava
d) a fossil

Which of the following is not considered a rock?
a) a fossil
b) coal
c) sandstone
d) lava

Which of the following is NOT one of three types of rocks?
a) magma
b) igneous
c) metamorphic
d) sedimentary

The three groups of rocks are classified by
a) how they are formed
b) chemical composition
c) color
d) grain size

What type of rock should occur in the part of the rock cycle between magma and sedimentary rock? (see pg 67)
a) igneous
b) metamorphic
c) lava
d) sedimentary

What process of processes would be occuring in the part of the rock cylce between sediment and sedimentary rock? (see page 67)
a) cooling
b) melting
c) compaction and cementation
d) weathering and erosion

What type of rock should occur in the part of the rock cycle after sediment? (see page 67)
a) igneous
b) metamorphic
c) lava
d) sedimentary

If granite undergoes high temperatures and high pressures deep within the earth, what type of rock will be formed? (assume that the granite does not melt)
a) metamorphic rock
b) sedimentary rock
c) magma
d) igneous

All of the energy that drives the Earth's rock cycle come from
a) Earth's interior and the Sun
b) the wind
c) the breakdownof organic matter
d) the movement of water over the Earth's surface

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