The Rock Cycle

The series of processes that slowly change Earth's rocks from one kind to another is called the rock __________.

• cycle
• magma
• heat

The process that breaks down granite into sediment is deposition.

• true
• false

Plate movements help drive the rock cycle by helping form __________, the source of igneous rocks.

• rock cycle
• magma
• heat

There are many pathways by which rocks move through the rock cycle.

• true
• false

Deep beneath the surface, __________ and pressure can change sedimentary rock to metamorphic rock.

• rock cycle
• magma
• heat

As rock moves through the rock cycle, material is not lost nor gained.

• true
• false

Through the process of __________, metamorphic rock can become magma.

• heat
• melting
• deposition

Forces of the rock cycle operate inside Earth not at Earth's surface.

• true
• false

Sediment piles up on the ocean floor through the process of __________.

• melting
• deposition
• weathering

The collision of continental plates can push up a mountain range, after which weather and erosion begin.

• true
• false