Geology Study Test

What is the process that picks up and moves weathered rocks?

• Deposition
• Landslide
• Weathering
• Erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which of these is an example of erosion?

• Light shining onto a mountain.
• Rain breaking down rocks on a mountain into smaller pieces. 
• Wind blowing away sediment to a new place on the mountain.
• All of the above.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Most volcanoes and earthquakes occur...

• along the coast
• along tectonic plate boundaries
• in the Arctic
• in the ocean

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth’s layers?

• mantle, outer core, inner core, crust
• crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
• outer core, inner core, crust, mantle
• crust, outer core, inner core, mantle

What type of rock is formed when magma and lava cools and hardens?

• minerals
• sedimentary
• igneous
• metamorphic

Hot, molten rock inside the earth is called ...

• lava

• magma

• igneous rock

• minerals

Once magma reaches the earth's surface, it is called __________.

• a vent

• minerals

• igneous rocks

• lava

Series of natural processes by which rocks are slowly

changed from one kind of a rock to another.

• igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

• rock cycle

Rock particles carried and deposited by water, wind & ice.

• sedimentary rock

• sediment

• metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Rock formed when existing rock is changed by heat &

pressure.

• sedimentary rock

• texture

• metamorphic rock

• intrusive rock