EOC REVIEW- SC.7.E.6.2- Rock Cycle

Over time, repeated cycles of heating and cooling can cause a rock to crack. The rock may then break into smaller pieces. What is this process called?

• deposition

• weathering

• erosion

• lava

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Slate is a metamorphic rock that forms from shale, which is a sedimentary rock. Which of the following would be needed for slate to form from shale?

• weathering

• erosion and deposition

• melting and solidification

• heat and pressure

Earth’s rock is continually cycling through different states and locations. The diagram shows the rock cycle. The labels for two processes are missing. Which of these processes in the rock cycle could be happening at the stage labeled 2?

• folding and mountain building

• changes due to heat and pressure

• waethering and erosion

• compaction and cementation of weathered sediments

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Rocks change into different types of rocks in a natural process known as the rock cycle. What process correctly identifies the missing process in the diagram of the rock cycle shown?

• cooling

• melting

• heating

• weathering and erosion

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Rocks change into different types of rocks in a natural process known as the rock cycle. Within in this cycle, sediments are carried by erosion and left in different areas. What is the process of leaving rock fragments in new areas called?

• weathering

• deposition

• sedimentary rock

• intrusions

Granite is a sturdy rock used for monuments. It forms from slowly cooling magma. What type of rock is granite?

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

• weathered

When volcanoes explode, they expel magma, which becomes lava at the earth's surface. The lava does not stay molten, but cools and solidifies into different types of rock. What type of rock is formed by cooled, solidifyed lava?

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

• compacted