Rock Cycle

The rock formed from the cooking of magma or lava is called

• sedimentary rock

• igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

The movement of Earth´s tectonic _____________________ move the rock cycle by uplifting, folding, and faulting.

• mantle

• plates

• rocks

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When the oceanic plates move in the rock cycle, melted rock from the ______________.

• plates

• ocean

• mantle

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The remains of plants or animals pressed and cemented together are called sedimentary rock.

• True

• False

__________________________________forms when an existing rock is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions.

• Metamorphic rock

• Sedimentary rock

• Igneous rock

Each major group of rocks follows only one pathway in the rock cycle.

• True

• False

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The following are possible stages in the rock cycle- volcanic activity, erosion, deposition, and heat and pressure.

• True

• False

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A series of processes on Earth´s surface and in the crust and mantle that slowly changes from one kind to another is called

• crystallization

• the rock cycle

• erosion

The process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind carrying it is called compaction.

• True

• False

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Granite particles need to settle on the ocean floor in order to change it to sandstone.

• True

• False