The Rock Cycle Review

Rock that has been broken down into small pieces is known as what?

• limestone

• sediment

• minerals

• granite

The series of processes on Earth's surface and inside Earth that slowly change rocks from one kind of rock to another over long periods of time is called what?

• the rock cycle

• foliation

• the plutonic cycle

• metamorphism

Which type of rock is formed from particles that have been deposited by wind and water and are cemented together?

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• igneous

• porphyrtic

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The way to tell the difference between a mineral and a rock is that _______________

• rocks are always made of nonmetals

• rocks always have crystal structure

• rocks are always inorganic

• rocks are made of one or more minerals

Weathering and erosion would change an igneous rock into sediment and then sediment would be cemented together to become a sedimentary rock.

True or False

• True

• False

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Which type of rock contains crystals formed from molten rock that has been cooled?

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

Which type of rock forms by tremendous heat, chemical reactions and/or great pressure?

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

All rocks become _________ which is melted, molten rock material inside the Earth.

• magma

• water

• lava

• sediment

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Which of the following is NOT one of the possible processes in the rock cycle?

• melting

• smelting

• cementation

• erosion

The processes that break rocks down and carry pieces away are _____ and _____.

• compaction and cementation

• heat and pressure

• weathering and erosion

• cooling and hardening

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