Processes Rock Cycle

What kind of rock do you get when you melt and cool a sedimentary rock?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

What kind of rock do you get when you expose an igneous rock to heat and pressure?

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

What type of rock do you get when a sedimentary rock is broken down by moving water, moved to a new location and cemented together?

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

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Mr. Rieser challenges his seventh grade class to explain how the process of weathering, erosion and deposition are essential to the rock cycle. Each group's response is shown above. Which group has the best response?

• Group 1

• Group 2

• Group 3

• Group 4

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A list of various events within the rock cycle are shown above. Which of the following sequence of numbers is in the correct order to describe how lava could change into metamorphic rock?

• 1, 2, 3, 4

• 2, 1, 4, 3

• 3, 1, 2, 4

• 4, 3, 1, 2

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Which statement best describes the relationship between igneous and metamorphic rocks?

• Igneous rocks must go through the sedimentary process to change into metamorphic rocks.

• Igneous rocks are chemically changed into metamorphic rocks because of high temperature and pressure.

• Metamorphic rocks are formed from melting igneous rocks.

• Metamorphic rocks and igneous rocks do not follow a rock cycle.

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Which of the following statements best describes the relationship among tectonic plate motion, the rock cycle and subsurface geologic events?

• At divergent plate boundaries, hot magma rises to the surface as plates push apart forming mid-ocean ridges made up of igneous rock.

• At divergent plate boundaries, two plates merge and hot magma rises to the surface creating new igneous crust.

• At convergent plate boundaries, lithospheric plates move away from each other producing volcanic activity with magma eruptions made up of igneous rock.

• At convergent plate boundaries, sedimentary rock sinks into the Earth's outer core and the intense pressure reorganizes matter resulting in large igneous rock.

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Which of the following statements best describes how metamorphic rock is formed?

• High temperature and intense pressure may transform an igneous rock into a metamorphic rock with banded layers.

• Low temperature and intense pressure may transform a sedimentary rock into a metamorphic rock with banded layers.

• High temperature and low pressure from Earth's core may transform an igneous rock into a metamorphic rock with banded layers.

• Low temperature and low pressure may transform an igneous rock into a metamorphic rock with banded layers.

Which of the following situations best describes the chemical weathering process of sedimentary rock?

• Sedimentary sandstone is carried away by water along the bedrock of a stream.

• Sedimentary sandstone allows water to freeze and thaw inside its cracks.

• Sedimentary limestone cliffs are battered by strong ocean waves.

• Sedimentary limestone is exposed to acid rain at the top of a mountain.

What process in the rock cycle involves the cooling and solidification of magma?

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Sedimentation

• Crystallization