Planet Earth Topics 1-4 Review

What type of rock forms from cementation and compaction close to or on earth's surface?

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

What type of rock forms from heat and pressure deep inside earth's surface?

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

What type of rock forms from lava that has cooled on the earth's surface?

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Igneous - extrusive

• Igneous - intrusive

Fossils are sometimes found in which type of rock?  (Fossils can only survive this rock's process of formation.)

• intrusive igneous
• extrusive igneous
• metamorphic
• sedimentary

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Which processes change an igneous rock into a metamorphic rock?

• heating and pressure

• compaction and cementation

• melting and cooling

• uplift and erosion

Which statement is true about rocks?

• Magma is made of solid rock.
• Rocks are made of one or more minerals.
• Crystals are made of rocks.
• Minerals are made of one or more rocks.

Granite forms underground. Obsidian forms on the surface of the Earth. Which rock would have bigger crystals?

• obsidian

• granite

Sedimentary rock forms when rock is first

• broken down by weathering.
• melted into liquid magma.
• exposed to great temperature.
• crystallized into natural glass.

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A metamorphic rock changes into an igneous rock by what two processes?

• Melting and cooling

• Extreme heat and pressure

• Compaction and cementation

• Weathering and erosion

Wind, water, and ice breaking down rock is called

• Erosion
• Deposition
• Compaction
• Weathering

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