Rocks, Minerals, and Plate Tectonics

One process in the formation of sedimentary rocks is when rocks are

• compressed by moving plates.

• heated and subjected to high pressure.

• broken up and deposited in layers.

• moved up along fault planes.

Which process is included in the formation of both metamorphic and sedimentary rock?

• heating

• recrystallization

• compaction

• weathering

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The formation of diamonds requires tremendous pressure that is generated

• in deep ocean trenches.

• high in the mountains.

• in dry environments.

• deep below the crust.

When a layer of sediment is deposited on the ocean floor, what is the next step in the formation of

sedimentary rocks?

• heating

• Burying

• eroding

• weathering

How are igneous and sedimentary rocks similar?

• They are both formed by erosion.

• They are both formed from cooled lava.

• Heat and pressure can turn them into lava.

• Heat and pressure can turn them into metamorphic rock.

The Theory of Plate Tectonics is based on

• evidence of sea floor spreading.

• topographic mapping of mountain ranges.

• an analysis of soil at the plate boundaries.

• volcanic activity along coastlines.

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The part of the rock cycle that transforms compressed rock formed from sea organism shells into a

harder, denser rock is

• igneous rock becoming sedimentary rock.

• igneous rock becoming metamorphic rock.

• metamorphic rock becoming igneous rock.

• sedimentary rock becoming metamorphic rock.

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According to the rock cycle, when liquid magma cools into a solid, what is formed?

• lava

• glaciers

• igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

What is one condition necessary to produce diamonds?

• high altitude

• intense pressure

• quick cooling

• low temperatures

Divergent tectonic plate boundaries most commonly form

• ocean ridges.

• ocean trenches.

• non-volcanic islands.

• continental mountains.