Rock Transformations Pretest

What are the three types of Rocks?

• Sedimentary, Igneous, Metamorphic
• Sedimentary, Igneous, Marble
• Sandstone, Lava, Metamorphisis
• Sediment, Lava, Heat and Pressure

This rock started as molten magma. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Metamorphic

The process when rocks break into smaller pieces due to exposure to natural elements is called

• erosion
• weathering
• sediments

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The process by which igneous rocks are formed...

• heat and pressure
• melting and cooling
• weathering and erosion

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The process by which metamorphic rocks are formed...

• heat and pressure
• erosion and deposition
• melting and cooling

Which rock has minerals arranged in bands/planes?

• nonfoliated metamorphic

• foliated metamorphic

• organic sedimentary

• intrusive igneous

Rocks that form from cooling magma inside Earth

• Igneous intrusive

• Igneous extrusive

• Metamorphic foliated

• Metamorphic nonfoliated

When new sediment layers are deposited on top of older layers

• erosion

• compaction

• pressure

• weathering

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The process of layers become stuck together forming sedimentary rocks

• sticking
• pressuring
• cementation
• deposition

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small, solid pieces of materials from rocks or living things

• sediment
• clastic rock
• organic rock
• deposition

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