Rock Cycle

Which of the following processes is driven by the energy from Earth’s interior?

• Photosynthesis

• Melting of rock

• Beach erosion

• Decomposition

Which of the following describes the most accurate way students can model how the earth’s surface is changed by a natural process?

• Heating water until it reaches the boiling point while measuring the temperature

• Pouring water over sand in a container on an incline so that it is carried and deposited at the bottom

• Placing rocks in a container of water to observe how the level of water in the container rises

• Freezing different volumes of water to determine the length of time needed for it to become solid

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The cycling of carbon between the living and non-living parts of the earth system is an important result of which of the following processes?

• Plants and animals exchanging gases with the atmosphere

• Condensation of water vapor leading to cloud formation

• Herbivores digesting plant material to get nutrients

• Methane entering the atmosphere from volcanic activity

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Energy from the sun has an effect on the rocky surface of the earth in which of the following processes?

• Formation of crystals as molten rock cools

• Erosion of rock surface

• Faulting and folding of rock layers

• Land forms created by tectonic plate movement

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The process where sediment becomes glued together is called _________________.

• Compaction

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Cementation

____________ rocks form when rock buried deep inside the Earth change without melting or weathering.

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sediment

• Sedimentary

Rocks formed under great pressure but no heat are _______.

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Compaction

Molten rock material found on the Earth’s surface is _______.

• Lava

• Magma

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

Which type igneous material cools fastest?

• Lava

• Magma

• Sediments

• Sandstone

What is the Rock Cycle?

• How rocks are created from dirt.

• Process of how rocks are formed from dead plants and animals.

• Process that forms and recycles different rocks.

• The circular path the rock travels.