Rock Cycle

Identify two processes required for the formation of a sedimentary rock.

• heat and/or pressure

• melting and solidification

• deposition and cementation

• weathering and erosion

What type of rock forms directly from magma?

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

What type of rock forms directly from heat and/or pressure?

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

What type of rock forms directly from deposition, compaction, and cementation?

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

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According to this diagram, metamorphic is formed by ____.

• melting and solidification

• burial and compaction

• weathering and erosion

• heat and pressure

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The rock cycle shows the transformation of rock from one type to another. Which of these is a part of the rock cycle?

• sedimentary --> pressure and heat --> metamorphic

• metamorphic --> pressure and heat --> igneous

• metamorphic --> pressure and heat --> sedimentary

• igneous --> pressure and heat --> sedimentary

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Granite is an igneous rock that can be changed into metamorphic rock gneiss. What are the forces that change granite into gneiss?

• freezing and thawing

• crushing and sorting

• melting and cooling

• pressure and heat

Rock that is subjected to very high heat and pressure deep underground.

• Igneous Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

What types of rock can form into igneous rock?

• Igneous Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• All kinds of rock can form into igneous rock.

Which process causes Sediment to form?

• Melting

• Melting and cooling

• Crystallization

• Weathering and Erosion