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This rock started as molten magma. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Metamorphic

This rock was formed by smaller pieces of rock that settled at the bottom of a lake millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Metamorphic

Cooling & crystalization produce

• igneous rocks
• metamorphic rocks
• sedimentary rocks

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

• erosion
• weathering
• sediments

The process by which igneous rocks are formed...

• heat and pressure
• melting and cooling
• weathering and erosion

Geologists have classified rocks into three major groups of rocks which are:

• inorganic, organic and chemical rocks

• igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks

• metamorphic, chemical and non chemical rocks

• sedimentary, inorganic and igneous rocks

Which is the process that breaks up rock on Earth’s surface?

• deposition

• melting

• compaction

• weathering

A rock that forms from many small fragments of other rocks is a(n)

• igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

• extrusive rock

A substance that flows and whose shape can change, but

not its volume is a:

• solid

• liquid

• volume

• matter

The particles of a mineral line up in a pattern that repeats over and over again with a pattern of a mineral’s particles that forms a translucent or transparent solid is a:

• granite

• crystal

• solid

• sand