Rocks and Rock Cycle

Kelly is walking on the beach when she finds an interesting rock What type of rock is it?

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

• igneous rock.

How was this rock formed?

• cooling lava or magma

• heat and pressure under Earth's surface

• sediment that compacts and cements together

A student is watching a video in order to understand convection in the mantle of Earth occurs. This video shows rock rising and sinking to make convection currents in the mantle . What process is responsible for causing rock to rise?

• Rock rapidly cools off

• rock is heated

• rock increases in density

• rock undergoes changes

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Which of the following can occur after a rock is weathered?

• It melts and forms igneous rock

• It forms metamorphic rock

• It gets compacted and forms sedimentary rock

• The sediment can form magma

When rocks are buried below the surface, pressure combined with heat to cause

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

• igneous rock

The cementing of small pieces of rock or shell causes

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

• igneous rock

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Evan examines a diagram of the rock cycle in his science textbook, He wonders how he can connect what he learned about matter and energy to the rock cycle. Which statement explains what happens to material as it moves through the stages of the rock cycle?

• New matter is being created all of the time.

• Eventually the broke-down matter disappears

• The same matter is recycled over and over

• Old matter is destroyed and new matter takes it place

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This rock was formed when heat and pressure changed its minerals around into a new minerals. What type or rock is it?

• Metamorphic Rock

• Igneous rock

• Sedimentary Rock

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Kim learns how rocks can change from one type into another over a long period of time. She know that a rock that undergoes extreme heat and pressure below the surface of Earth can be turned into a metamorphic rock to return to the surface of Earth to be worn down again? Choose the two that apply

• deposition

• plate movement

• chemical changes

• wind or water erosion

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Fossils are only found in this type of rock.

• Metamorphic rock

• Sedimentary rock

• Igneous rock

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