Rock Cycle

Rock Cycle

By Frances Lash

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Based on the illustration, what are three main types of rocks formed in the rock cycle? *Multiple answers.

• sedimentary

• magma

• metamorphic

• igneous

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What is the MAIN way rocks are classified?

• Their color and shapes
• How they form
• Mineral bands
• Where they form

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What are the two intermediate stages that are not rock types?

• magma/lava

• compaction/cementation

• sediments

• pressure/heat

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This rock was molten lava that cooled quickly as it came out of a volcano. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Metamorphic

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Is magma below or above ground?

• above

• below

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As lava cools and crystallizes, what type of rock will form?

• Sedimentary
• Metamorphic
• Extrusive Igneous
• Intrusive Igneous

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The process by which igneous rocks are formed...

• heat and pressure
• melting and cooling
• compaction and cementation

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Wind, water, and ice breaking down rock is called

• Erosion
• Deposition
• Compaction
• Weathering

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Rock that forms when minerals form from solutions or when sediment from older rocks get pressed and cemented together.

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Igneous Rock

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Process when sediments settle downward, out of wind or water, pulled down by gravity

• erosion

• deposition

• compaction

• cementation

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Marble is formed when intense heat and pressure is applied to limestone. What type of rock is marble?

• A)  metamorphic 
• B)  sedimentary 
• C)  extrusive igneous 
• D)  intrusive igneous

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You find a rock in the Appalachian mountains in which the grains are arranged in parallel bands of white and black crystals. The rock is probably a(n)

• Igneous rock

• Sedimentary rock

• Metamorphic rock

• Extrusive rock

Poll

What type of rock is formed through heat and pressure?

• igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary