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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the process by which rock is broken into fragments called sediments?
Deposition
Erosion
Weathering
Igneous Rock
- 2. Multiple Choice
Rock that forms when pressure and heat change existing rock.
Igneous Rock
Sedimentary Rock
Metamorphic Rock
Rock Cycle
- 3. Multiple Choice
The process by which igneous rocks are formed...
heat and pressure
melting and cooling and crystallizing
compaction and cementation
weathering and erosion
- 4. Multiple ChoiceAn igneous rock can become ______.metamorphicsedimentaryigneousall of these
- 5. Multiple Choice
When weathering breaks rocks into pieces, what do we call those smaller pieces?
textureweatheringsedimenterosion - 6. Multiple Choice_______ rock forms from magma/lavaMetamorphicSedimentaryIgneous
- 7. Multiple Choice
The process by which sediment is moved from one place to another.
weathering
Uplift
Deposition
Erosion
- 8. Multiple Choice
This process changes rocks to magma.
melting
cooling and crystallizing
weathering and erosion
heat and pressure
- 9. Multiple Choice
This process takes sediments and changes them to sedimentary rock.
weathering and erosion
compacting and cementing
heat and pressure
melting
- 10. Multiple Choice
Heat and pressure create this type of rock.
igneous
sedimentary
metamorphic
sediments
- 11. Multiple Choice
This process changes magma into igneous rock.
weathering and erosion
melting
heat and pressure
cooling and crystallizing
- 12. Multiple Choice
What is the energy source for igneous rocks to form?
Earth's hot interior
the sun
gravity
magnetism
- 13. Multiple Choice
What is the energy source for sedimentary rocks to form?
Earth's hot interior
gravity and the sun
the moon
magnetism
- 14. Multiple Choice
What is the energy for metamorphic rocks to form?
earth's hot interior
gravity
the sun
magnetism
- 15. Multiple Choice
How would an igneous rock become sedimentary?
weathering, erosion, deposition then compacting and cementing
melting then cooling and crystallizing
heat and pressure
melting then weathering and erosion
- 16. Multiple Choice
How would a sedimentary rock become an igneous rock?
weathering and erosion
melting then cooling and crystallizing
heat and pressure
compacting and cementing
- 17. Multiple Choice
What is magma called when it is above ground?
magma
sediments
lava
metamorphic
- 18. Multiple Choice
Where do metamorphic rocks form?
underwater
near volcanoes
deep underground
in the air
- 19. Multiple Choice
Where do igneous rocks form?
underwater
deep underground
in the air
near volcanoes
- 20. Multiple Choice
Where do sedimentary rocks form?
underwater
deep underground
near volcanoes
in the air
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