Cycling of Earth's Materials

The process of one rock type turning into another rock type is called the...

• Rock cycle
• water cycle
• life cycle
• earth cycle

Two sources of energy that are involved in driving the rock cycle are

• heat and pressure
• the sun and earth's core
• wind and water
• the sun and rain

Scientists often find fossils in igneous rocks

• true
• false

Igneous rock that forms IN the earth and often has large crystals is called

• sedimentary
• metamorphic
• intrusive igneous
• extrusive igneous

The difference between magma and lava is

• magma is liquid rock IN earth and lava is outside.
• magma is solid and lava is liquid
• lava is liquid rock IN earth and magma is outside
• lava is solid and magma is liquid

When sediments are deposited and then cemented, the result will be a

• sedimentary rock
• metamorphic rock
• intrusive igneous
• extrusive igneous

heat from the core and pressure from tectonic plates results in an

• sedimentary rock
• metamorphic rock
• intrusive igneous
• extrusive igneous

Rocks always begin as sedimentary rocks and end as metamorphic rocks

• true
• false

The rock cycle has no beginning and no end.

• true
• false

weathering is the...

• processes in which rainbows are formed
• when precipitation is created by clouds
• when wind blows away sediment
• the breakup of rocks usually by wind or rain