What rock type is formed from the slow cooling of magma under the earth's surface?

• Intrusive igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

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Which of these statements is true?

• Rocks can only change on the earth's surface

• Rocks can only change inside earth's surface

• Rocks can change from one type to another

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The melting of metamorphic or igneous rock forms what substance?

• Magma

• Sediment

• Deposits

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What is step 2 in this diagram?

• cooling

• weathering and erosion

• heat and pressure

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The Earth's lithosphere is broken up into pieces that fit together like a jigsaw puzzle and are in constant motion. These are called tectonic plates.

• True

• False

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Which type of boundary is when plates slide past each other. (look at the picture)

• convergent

• transform

• divergent

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Which type of boundary is in the picture below and causes Mountains?

• convergent

• transform

• divergent

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Which characteristic is found in sedimentary rocks?

• crystals

• ribbon like layers

• fossils

Which type of boundary cause sea floor spreading, trenches and ridges? (use the picture below.)

• convergent

• transform

• divergent

Tectonic plate movement forms mountains, volcanoes and volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, oceans, trenches, and rift valleys.

• True

• False

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