Rocks and Minerals

What type of rock weathers to form sediment?

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• All of the above

Which of the following transitions happens in the rock cycle?

• Extreme heat and pressure convert igneous rock to sedimentary rock.

• Weathering and erosion convert metamorphic rocks to sediment

• Melting, cooling, and solidifying converts sedimentary rocks to metamorphic rocks

• Weathering, Erosion, Deposition, Compaction, and Cementation convert Igneous rocks to metamorphic rocks

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How does and INTRUSIVE igneous rock form?

• On Earth's surface; solidified lava

• Inside Earth; solidified magma

• Through extreme heat and pressure at a convergent boundary

• Through extreme heat and pressure at nearby magma

Conglomerate is composed of various sized sediments all compacted and cemented together. What kind of rock is conglomerate?

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Magma

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If you were to discover a rock that appeared to have WEATHERED rock deposited in layers, what kind of rock would you suspect it to be?

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Magma

How does an EXTRUSIVE igneous rock form?

• Weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, cementation

• Extreme heat and Pressure at a convergent boundary

• Inside Earth; Solidified magma

• On Earth's surface; solidified lava

Which of the following processes MOVES sediment from one location to another?

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Compaction

How are rock's classified (HINT: Why do we have three different types of rocks)?

• By how many minerals they have in them

• By where they are found on Earth

• By how they are formed

• By the size of their crystals

Which rock types DO NOT contain fossils?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

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What are the five characteristics of minerals (to determine whether or not the object is a mineral)?

• Color, luster, hardness, streak, ability to break.

• Solid, naturally occurring, inorganic, formula (chemical), crystalline structure

• Weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, cementation

• fine-grained, coarse-grained, mafic, felsic, composition

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