Rock Cycle + Weathering/Erosion/Deposition
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- Q1After magma cools and crystallizes, what type of rock is formed?LavaMetamorphic RockSedimentary rockIgneous rock30s
- Q2Sediment is ______________ and ______________, which creates a sedimentary rock.Cooling, cementationcompaction, cementationcrystallizes, compactioncementation, compaction30s
- Q3What is a naturally occurring, solid mass of mineral or mineral like matter?A mineralA piece of lavaA rockA fossil30s
- Q4Which of the following is NOT one of the three types of rock?SedimentaryMagmaIgneousMetamorphic30s
- Q5The three groups of rocks are classified by ________________.How they were formedColorSizeChemical composition30s
- Q6If granite undergoes high temperature and high pressure at depths within the Earth, what type of rock will be formed? Assume that granite does NOT melt.Sedimentary rockMagmaIgneous rockMetamorphic rock30s
- Q7When physical forces break rock into smaller pieces WITHOUT changing the rock's chemical composition it is called _____________.ErosionChemical weatheringDifferential weatheringMechanical weathering30s
- Q8Whenever the characteristics and chemical composition of weathered materials have been altered, they have undergone _____________.Mass movementMechanical weatheringFrost wedgingChemical weathering30s
- Q9Which of the following impacts the RATE of weathering?ClimateSurface area of the exposed rockAll of theseChemical composition of the exposed rock30s
- Q10Which place would have the MOST chemical weathering?BrazilAntarcticaEnglandCanada30s
- Q11Which of the following represents the correct order of processes involved in sedimentary rock formation?Erosion, weathering, deposition, compaction, cementationWeathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, cementationdeposition, cementation, compaction, erosion, weatheringweathering, erosion, deposition, cementation, compaction30s