Rock Transformation Chapter 1

What is the definition of compaction?

• the rock type formed when sediment is pressed and glued together

• the process of sediment being buried and pressed together

• the process of sediment being glued together

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What is the definition of cementation?

• the rock type formed when sediment is pressed and glued together

• the process of sediment being buried and pressed together

• the process of sediment being glued together

What is the definition of sedimentary rock?

• the rock type formed when sediment is pressed and glued together

• the process of sediment being buried and pressed together

• the process of sediment being glued together

What is sediment?

• small pieces of rock

• hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth

What is magma?

• small pieces of rock

• hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth

Are Rock A and Rock B the same type of rock?

• no, because they both formed from different rock material.

• yes, because they formed in different places.

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Think about what you saw in the Rock Transformation Simulation.  What happened to the sediment?

• It turned into rock inside another rock

• It turned into a layer of rock

• It turned into a volcano

• Nothing happened it stayed the same

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What process forms sedimentary rock?

• sediment compaction and cementation

• magma cooling and solidifying

• extreme heat and pressure in the surface of the Earth

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What is the definition of Rock formation?

• a small part that is meant to show what the whole is like

• anything that has mass and takes up space

• a region of rock that formed together as a single rock type

What is the definition of matter?

• a small part that is meant to show what the whole is like

• anything that has mass and takes up space

• a region of rock that formed together as a single rock type

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