10.3.4 Quiz Review: The Rock Cycle

As one tectonic plate slides under another, a string of volcanoes called a "volcanic arc" often results. Diorite is formed as magma at a volcanic arc cools beneath Earth's surface. What kind of rock is diorite?

• Extrusive Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Intrusive Igneous

• Metamorphic

Rhyolite forms as lava cools very quickly, forming holes. Sometimes gems can form within the holes. What kind of rock is rhyolite?

• Extrusive Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Intrusive Igneous

• Metamorphic

​Pegmatite contains large crystals, because it forms from magma that has cooled extremely slowly. Pegmatite is a(n) _________________.

• intrusive igneous rock.
• extrusive igneous rock
• sedimentary rock
• metamorphic rock

Which two events happen in the rock cycle?

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  Rock material moves between underground and aboveground locations.

• Air particles are compressed into rock formations.

• Materials decompose so living things can consume them.

• One type of rock is transformed into another type of rock.

Which two events are part of the rock cycle?

• Carbon cycles between plants and animals.

• Plants take minerals from soil and grow.

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  Melted rock cools and solidifies.

• Sediment is buried and compacted.

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Which two events are part of the rock cycle?

• Solid rock is heated under high pressure and melts.

• Existing rock is weathered by water and erodes.

• Solid ice is warmed by sunlight and evaporates.

• Existing rock is melted aboveground and erodes.

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Which statement best describes how nearly all rock is formed?

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  Soil gradually hardens beneath Earth's surface.

• A different type of rock is broken down or changed in some way.

• Fire, water, or air cools into layers of rock.

• A mixture of minerals separates into several pure minerals.

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Basalt has small crystals and a fine-grained texture. This sample was found near an extinct volcano. Which statement most likely describes the formation of basalt?

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  It formed when a coarse-grained rock was placed under pressure.

• It formed when fine-grained sediments were cemented together.

• It formed when magma cooled slowly belowground.

• It formed when lava cooled quickly aboveground.

Dunite has large crystals and a coarse-grained texture. It was found near an active volcano. Which statement most likely describes the formation of dunite?

• It formed when layers of rock deep underground experienced heat and pressure.

• It formed when sediment was cemented together at the bottom of a lake.

• It formed when magma cooled slowly below ground.

• It formed when lava cooled quickly aboveground.

The Sierra Nevada, a mountain range in California, is made largely of intrusive rock that was formed underground. Which process explains how rock that is now aboveground in the Sierra Nevada formed?

• Magma rose toward the land surface and solidified as it cooled.

• The original rock was changed by temperature and pressure.

• Sediment carried by water accumulated on the land surface.

• Lava flowing from volcanoes was deposited on the land surface.