Inside the Earth and Rock

In what type of rock can fossils be found?

• sedmentary
• igneous
• metamorphic
• all rocks

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Heat and pressure deep in the Earth can change any rock into 

• lava
• igneous
• sedimentary
• metamorphic

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Cooling magma makes what kind of rock?

• lava
• igneous
• sedimentary
• methamorphic

This type of rock is made up of smaller pieces of other types of rocks.

• igneous
• sedimentary
• methamorphic
• baby rocks

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The outer core is a _____________ layer and the inner core is a ______________layer.

• They are both liquid
• They are both solid
• liquid, solid
• solid, liquid

What process does a sedimentary rock need to go though to become a metamorphic?

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

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Geologists have learned about the layers of the Earth by studying

• size of volcanoes
• patterns of earthquakes 
• presence of fossils
• speed and paths of seismic waves 

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Which rock must be melted first and then cooled?

• sedimentary
• igneous
• metamorphic
• all of them 

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This Earth layer is bendy, soft mantle that can flow.

• mesophere
• lithosphere
• asthenosphere
• atmosphere

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What is the process called that carries fragments by wind, water or ice?

• deposition
• compaction
• cementation
• erosion

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