Rock Cycle and Landforms Quiz

The diagram below shows sea arches and sea stacks along the shoreline. These features are made of granite, a very hard rock. It takes many years and a huge amount of wave energy for a sea arch to fall, forming a sea stack.

Which step of the rock cycle happens as the sea stacks are broken down?

• Deposition

• Pressure changes

• Temperature changes

• Weathering.

Metamorphic rock is a type of rock that has gone through a change that has turned it into a different type of rock. Which processes can cause rocks to change to metamorphic rock? S

• Weathering and Deposition

• Heat and melting

• Heat and pressure.

• weathering and erosion

Leah was having a picnic in a park near a cliff. She noticed that the rocks in the cliff were layered, and she could easily chip several fossils out of the rocks. What type of rock was in the cliff?

• Intrusive Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Extrusive Igneous

• Metamorphic

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When sedimentary rock is melted by high heat and then cools, what kind of rock does it form?

• Igneous.

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary-Clastic

Granite forms when liquid magma slowly cools within Earth’s crust. If the granite is exposed to intense heat and pressure, it can change to gneiss. Which type of change takes place when granite turns into gneiss?

• Sedimentary rock changes to igneous rock

• Igneous rock changes to metamorphic rock.

• Metamorphic changes to igneous

• Seduentary changes to metamorphic

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Basalt forms when lava cools on Earth’s surface. Granite forms when magma cools within Earth. Which of these claims correctly classifies both basalt and granite?

• Basalt and granite are both igneous rocks.

• Basalt and granite are both metamorphic rocks

• Basalt is igneous rock, and granite is metamorphic rock

• Basalt is metamorphic rock, and granite is igneous rock

Over a long period of time, igneous rock can change into sedimentary rock. Which claim explains what must happen to igneous rock before it can change into sedimentary rock?

• It must be broken down into sediment.

• It must melt and become magma

• Its minerals must be dissolved in water

• It must be exposed to high pressure and temperature

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Continental and oceanic crust both form from molten rock in the mantle. What type of rock is this newly formed crust?

• Metamorphic

• Igneous.

• Foliated

• Sedimentary

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

• It forms metamorphic

• It melts and forms igneous

• The sediment can form magma

• It gets compacted and forms sedimentary rock.

What processes could cause a metamorphic rock to return to the surface of Earth to be worn down again?

• Deposition and chemical changes

• Plate movement and erosion.

• Compaction and cementation

• Melting and pressure

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