Rocks and mountains

A rock deep within the Earth experiences extreme temperature and pressure. After a long period of time it becomes which rock?

• Magma

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

Fossils are found in what type of rock?

• Igneous
• Sedimentary
• Metamorphic
• None of these

What type of rock is forming in this image?

• Igneous
• Sedimentary
• Metamorphic
• None of these

This rock was found near the mouth of a volcano. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Metamorphic

When sediments are pressed together tightly, this is called ____________.

• Compaction
• Cementation
• Weathering
• Erosion

The process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue sediment together.

• compaction
• deposition
• organic rock
• cementation

The process when rocks break into smaller pieces due to exposure to natural elements is called

• erosion
• weathering
• sediments

The movement of weathered material (sediment) is called?

• weathering
• erosion
• deposition

True or False: Once a rock is sedimentary, it cannot become an igneous rock.

• True
• False

A German scientist Alfred Wegener was the first to hypothesize that ...........

• Continents were once joined
• The sea floor is spreading
• Continents are moving
• The Earth's magnetic pole flips