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Which type of rock forms when molten rock cools and becomes solid?
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Sedimentary Rock
Metamorphic Rock
Igneous Rock
Chemical Sedimentary Rock
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What is an intrusive rock?
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a metamorphic rock that has a banded texture
a sedimentary rock that forms as bits of weathered rock become cemented together
an igneous rock that forms below the surface of Earth
an igneous rock that forms above the surface of Earth
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Which type of rock forms when molten rock cools and becomes solid?
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What is an intrusive rock?
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Which type of igneous rock forms above the surface of Earth?
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Which type of rock forms when existing rocks are broken down into sediments and cemented back together?
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What is a clastic rock?
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Which type of sedimentary rock forms when dissolved minerals or elements that are separated from water combine together?
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What is weathering?
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Which process moves sediments to other locations?
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What is deposition?
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Which process squeezes sediments together?
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Which process glues sediments together?
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Which type of rock is created by the physical or chemical alteration of existing rocks by heat and pressure?
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Which type of rock has a banded texture?
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What is a non foliated rock?
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Which is the outermost layer of the Earth?
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What is the mantle?
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Which is the the innermost layer of the Earth?
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What is plate tectonics?
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What are the large rocks that make up the outer layer of the surface of Earth called?
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Which states that the continents were once joined together to form a single supercontinent and that the supercontinent broke into pieces and the continents drifted to their present day locations?
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What is Pangaea?
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Which occurs at a divergent plate boundary?
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What is a convergent plate boundary?
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What is a transform plate boundary?
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What is an earthquake?
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Which is a fracture in the rocks that make up the crust?
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What is the focus?
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Which statement describes the epicenter?
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Which is a wave that carries the energy released by an earthquake?
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What is magnitude?
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Which is a series of waves generated in a body of water by a disturbance that displaces the water?
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Which describes tidal waves?
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a mountain built by the accumulation of their own eruptive products
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Which is molten rock located below the surface of Earth?
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What is lava?
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Which of these are examples of igneous rocks?
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Limestone and sandstone are examples of which type of rock?
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Which of these are examples of foliated metamorphic rocks?
