Rock Cycle & Weathering/Erosion Quiz
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- Q 1/10Score 0Which of the following types of rocks may be later broken down to form sedimentary rocks?29MetamorphicAll the AboveIgneousSedimentary
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- Q1Which of the following types of rocks may be later broken down to form sedimentary rocks?MetamorphicAll the AboveIgneousSedimentary120s
- Q2What criterion is used to divide rocks into three groups?the way rocks formcompactionhigh temperaturecomposition of the rock120s
- Q3Directions: Use the following information to answer the question: A geologist examines a layer of rock exposed in the side of a hill. The diagram shows the rock layer. The large circles indicate large rounded grain sizes, while small circles and dots indicate smaller rounded grain sizes. ROCK LAYERS EXPOSED ON THE SIDE OF A HILL. Which phrase most accurately describes the environment where the deposition of the sediments originally occurred?lava cooled and crystallized to form a rockheat and pressure formed the layersmagma cooled slowly undergroundparticles settled to the bottom of a bay120s
- Q4Which of the following can break the rock layer that makes up the sides of a valley so that the valley becomes wider?Neither wind, water, nor the roots of plants can break the rock layer.Water can break the rock layer, but wind and the roots of plants cannot.Wind, water, and the roots of plants can break the rock layer.Water and wind can break the rock layer, but the roots of plants cannot.120s
- Q5How could wind and water have broken the solid rock of a mountain so that it is now half the height that it was millions of years ago?Wind and water could have broken the solid rock of the mountain gradually every day, which after millions of years could have made the mountain half the height it used to be.Even though the mountain could have become be half the height it used to be, it is not due to wind and water.Wind could have broken the mountain down to half its size, but water had no effect.Wind and water could have made the mountain half the height it used to be, but only by occasionally breaking the solid rock of the mountain during huge storms.120s
- Q6What process is used to create metamorphic rock?Compaction and CementationHeat and PressureWeathering and ErosionCooling120s
- Q7What best defines the process of Weathering?Over time larger rocks are broken into sediments.Rock is changed due to heat and pressure.Moves sediments after they have been formed.When crystals form from Magma.120s
- Q8Which of the following is an example of Mechanical Weathering?Carbonation: carbonic acid reacts with the minerals in the rock.Oxidation: process by which oxygen combine with water and minerals.Hydrolysis: reaction between the minerals in the rock and hydrogen in rain water.Abrasion: one rock bumps against another rock.120s
- Q9Is the following statement True or False about the Rock Cycle: Any rock can change to become any other type of rock.TrueFalse120s
- Q10Fill in the missing term: ____________ moves sediments after they have formed.WeatheringLayeringPressureErosion120s
