IP6 Exam Revision

What is defined as a network of processes that describes the formation and breakdown of three main types of rocks?

Wegener's concept of Pangaea is consistent with his theory of continental drift.

• True

• False

Sedimentary rocks become _____ when they are exposed to both heat and pressure

Igneous rocks are formed when _____ cools.

• magma

• lava

• rock

• water

Igneous rocks are transformed into _________ when exposed to severe weathering and erosion,

Wegener's theory is scientifically valid within the context of plate tectonics.

• False

• True

Which type of rocks are formed when sediments are pressed together and eventually cemented.

Magma is formed when metamorphic rocks are exposed to heat what type of heat?

• High heat

• Heat

• Cold weather

• Erosion

Who proposed the theory of continental drift in 1912?

Alfred Wegener's theory had how many hypotheses?