Rock Cycle

Which of the following is not a type of rock?

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Magma

• Sedimentary

What process is necessary to change a sedimentary rock to a metamorphic rock?

• Weathering and erosion

• Heat and/or pressure

• Melting

• Solidification

How do sediments become sedimentary rock?

• Compaction and cementation

• Weathering and erosion

• Melting

• Heat and/or pressure

How is magma formed?

• From melting of igneous rock

• From melting of metamorphic rock

• From melting of sedimentary rock

• All of the above

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

How does magma become an igneous rock?

• Melting

• Pressure

• Cooling/Solidification

• Erosion

How does igneous rock become metamorphic rock?

• Heat and/or pressure

• Melting

• Compaction and cementation

• Weathering and erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

How does a metamorphic rock become an igneous rock?

• Compaction and cementation

• Heat and/or pressure

• Melting and solidification

• Weathering and erosion

How are sediments formed?

• Compaction and cementation

• Weathering and Erosion

• Melting and solidification

• Heat and/or pressire

Which process cannot happen?

• Sedimentary rock -> melting -> solidification -> metamorphic rock

• Igneous rock -> heat and pressure -> metamorphic rock

• Igneous rock -> weathering and erosion -> deposition -> burial -> compaction -> cementation -> sedimentary rock

• Metamorphic rock -> melting -> solidification -> igneous rock

According to the Rock Cycle diagram, how long does it take for an igneous rock to become a metamorphic rock?

• 10,000 years

• 100,000 years

• 1,000,000 years

• Unknown