Rock Cycle Review

The rock cycle is...

• a form of plastic deformation.

• the process during which crystallization occurs.

• a method of classifying rocks by how they form.

• the series of processes that change one type of rock into another.

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Metamorphic rocks...

• form when magma contacts other rocks.

• form as the result of melting and cooling.

• are always foliated and have a clastic texture.

• form as the result of great pressure and /or temperature.

The layers in schist (a metamorphic rock) are the result of

• solidification of magma.

• cooling and crystallization.

• pressure on an existing rock.

• cementation and compaction.

________ occurs as the result of pressure on loose sediment.

• Compaction

• Cementation

• Crystallization

• Metamorphism

Which process does NOT occur during the rock cycle?

• faulting

• evaporation

• crystallization

• deformation

Basalt was formed from cooled molten rock. What kind of rock is basalt?

• a clastic sedimentary rock

• a foliated metamorphic rock

• an intrusive igneous rock with large crystals visible to the eye

• an extrusive igneous rock with small crystals that cannot be seen without a magnifying glass

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

In which environment would sedimentary rocks most likely form?

• close to a magma chamber.

• in a body of water on Earth's surface.

• in an area undergoing mountain building.

• near rocks exposed to plastic deformation

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Sediments bind during

• extrusive

• biochemical

• gemstone

• cementation

• clastic

Fossilferous limestone (limestone that has fossils) would be an example of _______rock.

• extrusive igneous

• intrusive igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

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Granite is a (n) __________ igneous rock made of visible interlocking crystals.

• clastic

• intrusive

• extrusive

• cementation