Rock and Rock Cycle

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What Are The Three Main Types Of Rocks?

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Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary

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How are metamorphic rocks formed?

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Heating and pressure

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How are igneous rocks formed?

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Cooling

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How are sedimentary rocks formed?

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Sediment forming together

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The color of a rock is a result of its chemical composition?

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True

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What geologic process changes pieces of rocks, minerals and other materials into sedimentary rocks?

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Compacting and Cementing

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What characteristic is common in metamorphic rocks? Options: Fossils, Foliations or layers, Gas Bubbles, Glassy Surface

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Foliations or layers

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What geologic process can change granite (igneous rock) into gneiss (metamorphic rock)?

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Heat and pressure

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What type of rock is formed from slow cooling magma UNDER the earth's surface?

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Intrusive Igneous

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What type of rock is formed from slow cooling magma under the earth's surface? Options: Extrusive Igneous, Intrusive Igneous, Metamorphic, Sediment

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Intrusive Igneous