Rocks

What are the three main types of rocks?

• magma, igneous, Sedimentary

• igneous, sediment, metamorphic

• Sedimentary, igneous, metamorphic

• metamorphic, intrusive, extrusive

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A rock is a mixture of minerals and may contain organic matter.

• True

• False

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The process by which one type of rock can turn into another type of rock is called?

• The Fossilization Process

• The Volcanic Eruption Process

• The Rock Cycle

• Weathering

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The bonding of sediments together to form a new rock.

• Compaction

• Deposition

• Cementation

• Metamorphism

Rocks that are formed when small particles of sand, dust, and mud build up in layers over time and are cemented together into new rock are called?

• Sedimentary Rocks

• metamorphic Rocks

• Intrusive igneous rock

• Lava

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Rocks that have changed in form due to heat and pressure are called?

• Igneous Rocks

• Sedimentary Rocks

• Minerals

• Metamorphic Rocks

When lava cools above ground it is called?

• Sedimentary rock

• Extrusive igneous rock

• Metamorphic rock

• intrusive igneous rock

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The remains or evidence of living things preserved in rock. 

• Sediment

• Artifacts

• Magma

• fossils

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When Sediments are squeezed and pressed together it's called

• Deposition

• Sediment

• Compaction

• Erosion

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Viscosity is a fluid’s ability to flow

• True

• False

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