Unit 4 RT Test

What is the process of sediment being glued together?

• compaction

• construction

• cementation

• caption

What is the movement of sediment from one place to another, often caused by wind and flowing water?

• energy

• weathering

• erosion

• work

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the process of sediment being buried and pressed together?

• contraction

• caption

• cementation

• compaction

The rock type that forms when magma cools and becomes solid is

• marble

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• igneous

Hot liquid rock below the Earth's surface is called

• igneous

• sediment

• metamorphic

• magma

Which type of rock is formed when heat or pressure deep underground changes existing rock?

• igneous

• sediment

• metamorphic

• marble

What is a region of rock that formed as a single rock type?

• rock formation

• rocky mountain

• rock n roll

• metamorphic

Small pieces of rock are called...

• magma

• sediments

• lava

• grains

The process by which rock material moves under earth's outer layer and into the mantle due to plate motion is

• reduction

• abduction

• subduction

• addition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The process by which all the rock formations of a region are pushed up due to plate motion is called

• subduction

• downlift

• uplift

• abduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2