Rock Cycle
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- Q1What is the process called when minerals dissolved in water crystallize between sediment grains?Mineral crystallizationRock formationFluid displacementSediment compaction30s
- Q2What happens when the weight from layers of sediment above forces out fluids?Mineral crystallizationFluid displacementRock formationErosion30s
- Q3What is formed when transported sediment accumulates into layers?Igneous rockMetamorphic rockSedimentary rockBasalt30s
- Q4What describes the transport of broken down pieces of rock?MeltingCrystallizationDepositionErosion30s
- Q5How do igneous rocks form?Through sediment accumulationFrom alteration by heat and pressureFrom cooling and crystallization of magma or lavaFrom evaporation of water30s
- Q6What type of rocks are formed without melting through heat or pressure?Sedimentary rocksBasaltMetamorphic rocksIgneous rocks30s
- Q7What term describes the series of processes that change one type of rock into another?MetamorphismRock cycleSedimentary processErosion30s
- Q8What do sedimentary rocks primarily form from?Deposition and accumulation of pre-existing materialsCooling magmaCrystallization of mineralsHeat and pressure30s
- Q9What process moves large bodies of Earth materials to higher elevations?TransportErosionUpliftSubduction30s
- Q10What processes continuously change Earth’s surface over time?Uplift and subsidenceWeathering and erosionSedimentationCooling and crystallizing30s
- Q11What is the process called when minerals dissolved in water crystallize between sediment grains?Rock formationErosionMineral crystallizationSediment accumulation30s
- Q12What process occurs when the weight from layers of sediment above forces out fluids and decreases the space between grains?WeatheringSedimentationCompactionCementation30s
- Q13Where does transported sediment typically accumulate into layers?In desert dunesAt the bottom of lakes and oceansIn volcanic cratersOn mountain tops30s
- Q14What is the term for the process of moving broken down pieces of rock?DepositionCompactionTransportationWeathering30s
- Q15What type of rocks form when magma or lava cools and crystallizes?Transformative rocksIgneous rocksMetamorphic rocksSedimentary rocks30s