ROCKS CYCLE

Which type of rock was MOST LIKELY formed by the Tennessee River over the last 100 million years?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Mountainous

• Metamorphic

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Which kind of rock is produced by deposition compaction and cementation?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Mountainous

• Metamorphic

__________________rock forms when rock particles get pressed and cemented together.

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Mountainous

• Metamorphic

Which of the following areas is most likely to form metamorphic rocks such as gneiss and schist?

• a sea floor

• a windblown desert

• a site deep underground

• a site covered by a glacier

Which statement is the best description of what

happens in the rock cycle?

• Rocks on old mountains are gradually weathered away, while mountain building and volcanism form new mountains.

• Once formed, rocks stay in place until rocks above them are weathered away and they reach the surface.

• As sedimentary rocks are buried deep below other rocks, they are changed by heat and pressure, eventually return to the surface, and are weathered again.

• Younger sedimentary rocks are always deposited on top of older metamorphic or igneous rocks.

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Which best describes one way igneous rocks form?

• Sedimentary rocks erode.

• Sedimentary rocks are compacted.

• Metamorphic rocks are melted, then cooled.

• Metamorphic rocks are deposited and cemented.

Which of the following is an accurate description of the movement of the tectonic plates in the diagram?

• Plate A is sliding past plate B.

• Plate A and plate B are diverging.

• Plate A is denser than plate B, which results in subduction.

What processes can be used to complete the diagram of the rock cycle?

• A. 1 = cooling, 2 = weathering and erosion, 3 = pressure

• B. 1 = weathering and erosion, 2 = pressure, 3 = cooling

• C. 1 = weathering and erosion, 2 = cooling, 3 = pressure

• D. 1 = weathering and erosion, 2 = weathering and erosion, 3 = weathering and erosion

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The process by which rocks are broken down into smaller pieces is:

• foliation.

• erosion

• deposition.

• weathering.

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Why do metamorphic rocks rarely contain fossils?

• These rocks are formed underwater, and the water dissolves the fossils.

• The rock formation occurs from extremely hot magma deep inside the crust where organisms do not live.

• These rocks undergo extremely high pressure or temperature changes when formed, which would destroy fossils

• These rocks are usually formed from extremely hot magma or with severe lava explosions, which would destroy fossils.

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