Rocks!
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- Q1What rocks are formed when rock buried deep in the earth changes without melting or weathering?MineralsMetamorphicIgneousSedimentary300s
- Q2If you found a rock with a fossil in it, it is most likely what type of rock?MetamorphicIgneousIt could be any typeSedimentary300s
- Q3Where would you find magma?Location BAll of the aboveLocation ALocation C300s
- Q4Which type of igneous rock cools slower, resulting in larger mineral crystals?ExtrusiveIntrusiveInternalExternal300s
- Q5Where would you find igneous rocks with smaller mineral crystals?Location A and BLocation A and CAll locationsLocation B and C300s
- Q6Where would metamorphic rocks be most likely to form?At the bottom of a lakeIn a lava flowAt the tops of mountainsNear tectonic plate boundaries300s
- Q7Weathering, compacting, and cementing are processes that formmetamorphic rockssedimentary rocksigneous rocks300s
- Q8What term is used to describe how sediments are carried to another place?CementationErosionCompactionWeathering300s
- Q9Sedimentary rocks often form horizontal strata as pictured here. What are strata?LayersCrystalsFossilsMineral grains300s
- Q10In the Paleozoic Era, the swamp plants were buried and solidified, eventually forming coal. What kind of sedimentary rock is coal?ClasticOrganicChemicalFoliated300s
- Q11What best describes the process happening at 1?WeatheringHeat and PressureCooling and CrystallizingMelting300s
- Q12What best describes the processes happening at 3?MeltingCooling and CrystallizingWeathering and ErosionHeat and Pressure300s
- Q13What kind of rocks turn into sedimentary rocks?SedimentaryAll typesMetamorphicIgneous300s
- Q14What type of metamorphic rock is pictured here?ClasticFoliatedStratifiedNonfoliated300s
- Q15Sandstone forms when sand is compacted and cemented together. What type of sedimentary rock is sandstone?ClasticFoliatedChemicalOrganic300s