Earth Science Ch 10 review

Define a rock

• a solid material that is a mixture of two or more minerals or other materials

• a solid material that is made of only 1 or more minerals

• a solid material made of entirely organic material

what geological event formed most sedimentary rock?

• the worldwide flood

• creation

• continental drift

• gradual buildup of eroded materials over time

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Which of the following are conditions that can cause metamorphism in rocks

• extreme heat

• pressure

• hot chemical solutions

• hydrothermal fluids

• all of these

Any zones where the remelting of sedimentary rocks in the crust has occurred are probably leftover from ___

• the flood

• continental collisions

• the aliens

• creation

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old-earth geologists believe that sedimentary rocks eventually return to the mantle by ___

• subduction

• diverging tectonic plates

• falling down very large holes

• moving downward through the crust like a rock sinking in a lake

when limestone undergoes metamorphosis it forms

• marble

• quartz

• fossils

• schist

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metamorphic rocks that exhibit crystals in bands or layers are known as

• foliated

• nonfoliated

• clastic

• nonclastic

limestone has been used for thousands of years as the raw material for

• concrete

• statues

• citrus fruits that make a good pie

• paper

the fragments of rocks that fuse together to form larger sedimentary rocks are called

• clasts

• foliates

• granite

• crystals

rocks that formed from bits and pieces of eroded rocks are called

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• igneous