New SSSA Review Rock Cycle

Which of the following actions can form a layer of sediment that will eventually become sedimentary rock?

• Heavy rains wash dirt and rock downhill

• Cave water dissolves limestone

• Plant roots break rocks apart

• Wind wears rock down

Which of the following would scientists classify as a subsurface event?

• Water freezes and thaws, breaking the rock

• Gravity causes rocks to tumble downhill, which breaks them

• Tectonic plates push rock deep enough to melt

• Wind blows across rock, causing it to wear

There are a variety of landforms on the Earth’s surface. Which of the following landforms is NOT found in Florida?

• deltas

• lakes

• glaciers

• mountains

Which answer best describes what is happening in the diagram?

• The igneous rock on the sides of the volcano eroded, causing sediment to build up beneath the water

• A volcanic eruption dumps tons of lava into the ocean

• The ocean supercools the volcanic core, causing it to erupt

• Heat from the volcano causes clouds to form from evaporated ocean water

Based on the diagram, which of the following forces does NOT cause erosion?

• gravity causing rocks to fall down the slope of the volcano

• strong wind blowing across the igneous rock, carrying it away a grain at a time

• convection in the Earth’s mantle moving magma around

• rainwater freezing in cracks, breaking fragments from the igneous rock

Which statement best describes the change that is happening to the ocean floor at the base of the volcano?

• Heat from the volcano’s core raises the temperature of the water

• The ocean floor is built up by weathering, erosion, and deposition

• Extreme weather causes waves to pull the side of the volcano  under water

• The volcano’s core is pushing toward the ocean floor

What type of rock is limestone?

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• oceanic

• igneous

Which of these formations seen in Florida is formed through the same weathering process as the caves?

• mountains

• dunes

• deltas

• sinkholes

What product of burning coal can cause acid rain?

• heat

• oxygen

• carbon dioxide

• nitrogen

Which of the following geological feature of Florida resulted from the accumulation of the remains of sea animals?

• the limestone karst landscape with caves and caverns

• clay, waterlogged soils

• gneiss and other igneous rock

• the diverse marine life on Florida beaches