The Rock Cycle

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What are the 3 main types of rocks? Options: metamorphic, sedimentary, lava, metamorphic, igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic, magma, sedimentary

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metamorphic, igneous, sedimentary

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What type of rock is formed due to pressure and heat within the earth? Options: igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic

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metamorphic

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What type of rock is formed when magma from a volcano cools and hardens on the earth's surface?

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igneous

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Which type of rock is formed when smaller parts of older rocks become cemented together?

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sedimentary

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Rocks are classified by how: they look, are formed, they feel

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are formed

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What type of rock are fossils often found in? Options: igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary, magma

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sedimentary

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The earth's crust is formed mostly of this type of rock.

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sedimentary

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_________________ is the breaking down of rock into smaller pieces of rock.

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weathering 

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What is the molten rock that rises and explodes from within a volcano?

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magma

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The ___________   _______________ is the process of one type of rock transforming into a different type of rock.

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The Rock Cycle