The Rock Cycle

Which type of rock is made from lava or magma cooling?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

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If heat and pressure inside the Earth cause a rock to melt, the material that formed would be

• Metamorphic

• Magma

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

The three groups of rocks are classified by...

• how they formed

• color

• grain size

• chemical composition

This rock was another type of rock that was heated and compressed over time. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Smashamorphic

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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 metamorphic rocks are formed...

• heat and pressure

• erosion and deposition

• melting and cooling

• Marvin the Martian Melting

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Which type of rock is made by small bits of rock, mud, or sand compacted and cemented together?

• coal

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

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The transport of fragments of rock by water, wind, ice, or gravity is known as...

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• lithification

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Molten rock that has erupted onto Earth’s surface is known as...

• extrusive igneous rock

• intrusive igneous rock

• lava

• magma

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A continuous series of events through which a rock is transformed from one type to another is known as the...

• water cycle

• rock cycle

• carbon cycle

• bicycle

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