Rock Cycle Review

What phenomenon is responsible for the movement of tectonic plates?

• Tides

• Volcanoes

• Convection

• Subduction

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A place on the earth, usually under the ocean, where new rock is forming and pushing plates apart is called a (blank) plate boundary.

The ocean floor is mostly made of what kind of dense rock?

• Metamorphic

• Granite

• Sedimentary

• Basalt

Why does subduction happen between certain tectonic plates?

• Because two plates are converging and one is more dense.

• Because two plates are diverging and one is less dense.

• Because two plates are meeting at a Transform Plate Boundary.

• Because two continental plates are creating a mountain range.

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What scientific word could you use to describe a cycle of heating and cooling where hot, less dense material rises and cool, more dense material sinks forming a circular pattern?

When hot rock in the asthenosphere begins to cool down, it will likely do what?

• Come to the surface.

• Rise up through the lithosphere.

• Sink back down deeper into the asthenosphere.

• Turn into a liquid.

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The process by which pieces of rock are moved to another place by some force of nature is called:

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Depostion

• Compaction

The process by which a larger rock is broken down into small fragments is called:

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Depostion

• Compaction

The process by which small pieces of rock settle down in a new location is called:

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Depostion

• Compaction

When lots of sediments stack on top of each other over time and squish together and dry out and form a rock, we call this:

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Depostion

• Compaction