Rock Types and Rock Cycle 5.2+

Sediments are 

• layers of weathered rock
• smaller broken pieces of rock
• pieces of ash and cinder produced from a violent eruption
• produced by Metamorphic Rock

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_________________ rock forms when magma or lava cools and crystallizes on or below the Earth's surface.

• Igneous
• Metamorphic
• Sedimentary
• Foliated

Erosion is...

• The MOVEMENT of soil, rock, or rock fragments, often created by weathering, from one place to another by water or wind.

• wind blowing and DESTROYING a rock

• the SQUEEZING of rock or rock fragments, fueled by wind from one place to another.

• the same as explosion

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Wind, rain, and ice can cause ______________ to occur.

• eruptions 
• melting
• weathering
• the Rock Cycle 

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"Intrusive" & "Extrusive" are associated with what type of rock?

• Sedimentary
• Foliated
• Metamorphic
• Igneous

• Igneous
• Sedimentary
• Metamorphic
• Extrusive

Which of the following does NOT fuel the rock cycle?

• hot spots
• heat from the sun and Earth
• wind
• water

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Which of the following is NOT one of the three MAIN types?

• Igneous
• Metamorphic
• Cementated
• Sedimentary

• heat and pressure applied to sediments
• cool extrusive and form large crystals
• results from compacted and cemented sediments
• always the start of the rock cycle

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• Extrusive Igneous
• Sedimentary
• Metamorphic
• Obsidian

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