Science 8 Fall Exam Reivew

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What property is used to identify rocks?

Back

Texture

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How can different types of volcanoes be described?

Back

By their eruption style

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What type of rock is formed from cooled magma or lava?

Back

Igneous rock

Front

What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?

Back

Crust

Front

Which of the following is NOT a type of plate boundary?

Back

Static

Front

What is the definition of sedimentary rock?

Back

Rocks formed from the accumulation of sediment, often in layers.

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What is the definition of metamorphic rock?

Back

Rocks that have been changed by heat, pressure, or chemical processes.

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What are the three main types of rocks?

Back

Igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic.

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What is the process of the rock cycle?

Back

The continuous process of rock formation and transformation.

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What is a convergent plate boundary?

Back

A boundary where two tectonic plates collide.