skylar and meaghan

The Mount Rushmore National Monument is cared from the granite of South Dakota's black hills. what type of rock is granite?

• igneous
• metamorphic
• sedimentary
• none of the above

What type of Igneous rock makes up most of the ocean floor?

• Basalt
• Granite
• Lucite
• Shale

Some of the rocks that the spires(also known as hoodoos)of Utah's Bryce Canyon are made of are limestone and sandstone. What type of rock is limestone and sandstone?

• igneous
• metamophic
• sedimentary
• none of the above

The seated sculpture of President Lincoln inside the Lincoln Memorial was carved out of white Georgia marble. What type of rock is marble?

• igneous
• metamorphic
• sedimentary
• none of the above

The interrelationship among the three rock types is identified as which of the following?

• the rock cycle
• the rock formation
• the rock helix
• the rock metamorphosis

What happens after sediment in the rock cycle?

• melting
• cooling
• compacting and cementing 
• weathering and erosion

Identify the series of geologic process that can transform magma into granite, granite into sand, and sand into sandstone.

• cooling; weathering and erosion; compacting and cementing.
• melting; heat and pressure; and cooling.
• weathering and erosion; compacting and cementing; and cooling.
• weathering and erosion; compacting and cementation; heat and pressure.

Which characteristic is found in sedimentary rocks?

• crystals
• fossils
• gas bubbles
• glassy surface

Identify the series of geologic processes that can transform sandstone into quartzite, quartzite into magma, and magma into rhyolite.

• compacting and cementing; heat and pressure; and melting
• cooling; melting; and heat and pressure.
• melting; heat and pressure; and cooling.
• heat and pressure; melting; and cooling.

Identify the series of geologic processes that can transform sediment into shale, shale into slate, and slate into magma.

• cooling; melting; and heat and pressure.
• compacting and cementing; heat and pressure; and melting.
• melting; heat and pressure; and cooling
• weathering and erosion; compacting and cementing; and cooling.