Rock Cycle Quiz

What are the three classes of rocks?

• Classic, modern, and metal

• Igneous, metamorphic, and classic

• Metamorphic, metal, and sedimentary

• Sedimentary, Igneous, and metamorphic

What process(es) is necessary to change a sedimentary rock to a metamorphic rock?

• Erosion and/or weathering

• Heat and/or pressure

• Deposition and/or cementation

• Melting

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How do sediments become sedimentary rock?

• Deposition and burial leading to compaction and cementation

• Melting leading to solidification

• Heat and/or pressure applied to the sediments

• None of the above

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How is magma formed?

• From ice and snow splitting rock

• By wind carrying sediment

• Through deposition of sediment

• From the melting of rock

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How does magma become igneous rock?

• Through deposition

• Through cementation

• Through melting

• Through solidification

How does igneous rock become metamorphic rock?

• Through deposition

• Through cementation

• Through heat and/or pressure

• Through solidification

How does a metamorphic rock become an igneous rock?

• Through deposition

• Through cementation

• Through heat and/or pressure

• Through solidification

How are sediments formed?

• Heat and pressure

• Weathering and erosion

• Deposition and burial

• Melting and solidification

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Which process cannot happen?

• Igneous rock => heat and or pressure => metamorphic rock

• Igneous rock => weathering and erosion => burial => deposition => cementation => sedimentary rock

• Metamorphic rock => melting => solidification => igneous rock

• Sedimentary rock => melting => solidification => metamorphic rock

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Can an igneous rock become another igneous rock?

• Yes

• No

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