Common Formative Assessment Test on Rock Formations

Where did the magma and sediment that formed the rock of the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains come from?

• Magma came from the molten rock in the mantle that erupted and cooled to form rock

• Sediment came from minerals, sand, dust, and pieces of rock that travel in the process of weathering and compact and cement to form rock

• Magma comes from deep in the ground

• Sediment is just dirt

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What causes sediment and magma to form?

• Sediment is collected from the weathering process that break apart piece of rock, and carry sediment through wind to compact and cement new sedimentary rock

• Magma is formed from intense heat and pressure from the core melting the rock in the mantle causing rivers of melted liquid rock

• Magma forms when it gets hot

• Sediment forms when the sun breaks rocks

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How is sedimentary rock made?

• sedimentary rock is made from the weathering process created by the sun which creates storms, rain, river and oceans hat carry the broken pieces of rock, sand, dust, and dead remains of animals and plants to later compact and cement the sediment into sedimentary rock

• sediment cool to make sedimentary rock

• sediment have heat and pressure to make sedimentary rock

• sediment just heat from the sun and make sedimentary rock

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How is igneous rock made?

• when magma erupts from a volcano it cools down forming igneous rock

• igneous comes from fire

• igneous rock just breaks apart making new igneous rock

• igneous rock just falls of mountains making new igneous rock

How is magma formed?

• magma is formed from the intense heat and pressure from the core that melts the rock into a molten liquid rock in the mantle

• magma is formed from exploding volcanoes

• magma is formed from the energy of the sun

• magma is formed from the wind and weathering of rock

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Can any rock type turn into any other rock type?

• yes any rock material can transform into any other rock material

• No

How is metamorphic rock made?

• heat and pressure

• sun wind rivers and oceans (weathering process)

• cooling of magma

• none of the above

Name the process by which rock material moves under Earth's outer layer and into the mantle due to plate motion

• subduction

• uplift

• plate

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Name the process by which all the rock formation of a region are pushed up due to plate motion

• uplift

• subduction

• plate

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Name the process of rock breaking into smaller pieces due to wind or moving water.

• weathering

• magma

• igneous rock