Rocks and Minerals

What is the rock cycle?

• The rock cycle is a continuous process of rock formation, breakdown, and reformation.

• The rock cycle is a method of predicting earthquakes based on rock formations.

• The rock cycle is a popular rock band from the 1980s.

• The rock cycle is a type of dance move involving rocks.

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How do rocks change from one type to another in the rock cycle?

• Subduction, uplift, faulting

• Freezing, evaporation, sublimation

• Condensation, precipitation, runoff

• Weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, melting, cooling, and crystallization

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Which of the following statements about minerals is FALSE?

• Minerals have a crystalline structure.

• Humans can create minerals to suit specific needs.

• Minerals are inorganic materials.

• Minerals cannot be liquids or gases.

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A ranking of a minerals from softest to hardest

• streak test

• luster test

• Mohs hardness scale

• fracture

Explain the process of erosion in the rock cycle.

• Erosion only occurs in deserts.

• Erosion is the process of wearing away rock material by natural forces like water, wind, and ice.

• Erosion is caused by human activities like construction and mining.

• Erosion is the process of rock formation by natural forces.

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What is the rock cycle?

• A way the earth creates new rocks and reuses old ones.

• A wresting move

• The time it takes the Earth to revolves around the Sun.

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True or false?

A mineral is a naturally occurring solid within the Earth with a definite chemical composition and crystal structure.

• That's true.

• That's false.

What type of rock is formed from the melting and cooling and hardening of hot liquid magma or lava?

• Igneous

• Metaphorphic

• Utomo

• Sedimentary

_________ rocks are formed from the compacting and cementing of layers of sediment.

These type of rocks where already rock but they changed over time due to extreme heat and pressure.

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Kysoto