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- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.A rock formed from fragments of other rocks is a(n)Metamorphic RockSedimentary RockExtrusive RockIgneous Rock
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This rock was another type of rock that was heated and compressed over time. What type of rock is this?SedimentaryIgneousMetamorphic - Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.This rock started as molten magma. What type of rock is this?SedimentaryIgneousMetamorphic
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.This rock was formed by smaller pieces of rock that settled at the bottom of a lake millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?SedimentaryIgneousMetamorphic
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The process when rocks break into smaller pieces due to exposure to natural elements is callederosionweatheringsediments
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What are the 3 major types of rocks?Igneous, Metamorphic, SedimentaryMetamorphic, Igneous, Cementationmagma, lava, crystals
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The name rock is given when it is broken down into smaller pieces.textureweatheringsedimenterosion
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Which rock is formed form the cooling of volcanic ash on Earth's surface?
intrusive igneous
foliated metamorphic
extrusive igneous
organic sedimentary
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Rocks that form from colling magma inside Earth?
Igneous intrusive
Igneous extrusive
Metamorphic foliated
Metamorphic nonfoliated
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.True/False: Igneous rocks can only turn into metamorphic rocks.TrueFalse
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Any rock that forms from another rock as a result of changes in heat or pressure (or both) is a:
chemical rock
igneous rock
sedimentary rock
metamorphic rock
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This is a natural solid that is made of one or more minerals.
Mineral
Fossil
Rock
Sediment
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This is the continuous process of rock changing from one type to another.
Igneous rocks
Sedimentary rocks
Metamorphic rocks
Rock Cycle
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What type of rock might contain evidence of past life?
Sedimentary Rock
Igneous Rock
Metamorphic Rock
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Which of the following lists the steps an igneous rock undergoes in order to become a sedimentary rock, in the correct order?
Deposition, erosion, melting, cooling
Erosion, weathering, eruption, cooling
Dissolving, deposition, cooling, fracture
Weathering, erosion, deposition, cementation
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Limestone is a sedimentary rock. During the rock cycle, limestone is changed into marble, a metamorphic rock. The processes that act on limestone and change it into marble are
weather and erosion
heat and pressure
compacting and cementing
melting, cooling, and hardening
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According to the diagram, what process is shown by letter A?
extrusion
erosion
crystallization
intrusion
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According to the diagram, what process is shown by letter B?
compaction & cementation
weather & erosion
heat & pressure
melting
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If a lot of heat is applied to a rock, it will turn into
magma
rocks
sediment
metamorphic rocks