Weekly Quiz #3 Preparation

The type of rock that is made of hardened sediment

• Fossil
• Sedimentary Rock
• Mineral

The name rock is given when it is broken down into smaller pieces.

• texture
• weathering
• sediment
• erosion

Which statement describes how metamorphic rocks form?

• Liquid rock rises from inside Earth and cools.
• Chemicals mix in water bodies and settle to form new rock.
• Debris accumulates on the ground and compresses to form rock.
• The properties of existing rock are changed by heat and pressure.

What rock type is best for finding fossils?

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Metamorphic

The process of sediment being glued together

• compaction

• cementation

• sedimentary rocks

• sediment

the process of sediment being buried and pressed together

• compaction

• cementation

• sedimentary rocks

• sediment

the movement of sediment by wind or water

• erosion

• cementation

• igneous

• sediment

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the type of rock formed when magma cools and becomes solid

• sedimentary rock

• igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

• sediment

the rock type formed when heat or pressure underground changes existing rock

• sedimentary rock

• igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

• sediment

rocks are made of

• sand

• smaller rocks

• weathered materials

• minerals