Rocks and the Rock Cycle

Rocks and the Rock Cycle

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Multiple Choice

Rain and wind breaks down rock in a process called...

• Breakdown

• Weathering

• Metamorphosis

• Magma

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Broken down bits of rock called______________ are washed down by rivers to the ocean floor.

Multiple Choice

Compacting of sediment causes this to form?

• Igneous rock

• Sedimentary rock

• Lava rock

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the cracked pieces of the Earth's Crust?

• Crust plates

• Pangaea plates

• Tree Plates

• Tectonic plates

Multiple Choice

Alfred Wegner came up with the theory that all the continents were once attached and then spread apart over time. What was the name of his theory?

• Theory of Continental Drift

• Slide Apart Theory

• Continental Shift Theory

• Theory of Gravity

Multiple Choice

Which layer of the Earth do we live on?

• Inner Core

• Crust

• Outer Core

• Mantle

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Which layer of the Earth is made up of melted rock called magma?

• Mantle

• Crust

• Inner Core

• Ocean

Multiple Choice

Which fault causes earthquakes?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

• All of the above

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Alfred Wegner used all of the following to prove that the continents were once attached...

• Fossils were similar in Africa and South America

• People in Africa and South America like soccer

• Type of rocks were similar in Africa and South America

• Continents look like they fit together like puzzle pieces