Physical Geology Unit

The _______ consists of the continuous processes that cause rocks to change

• Mass Movements

• Mantle Convection

• Plate Tectonics

• Rock Cycle

The physical and chemical break down of earth materials is called _______.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Frost wedging

• Mass Movements

Sedimentary rocks form through________

• lava/mamga cooling and hardening

• heat and pressure

• compaction and cementation

• weahering and erosion

________ rocks form through the cooling and hardening of magma or lava

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Pyroclastic

How to metamorphic rocks form?

• cooling of lava/magma

• compaction and cementation

• heat and pressure

• mantle convection

Folitation is the banded appearance of some rocks that occurs when crystals align parallel to the direction of pressure. What type of rocks exhibit foliation?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Sediments

Which of the following are properties that can used to identify minerals?

• density

• luster

• streak

• color

Minerals are inorganic, crystalline solids with a definite _________.

• chemical composition

• color

• density

• atom

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Chemical weathering results in ______

• broken down minerals

• a physical change in the rock

• a chemical change in the rock

• a new rock type

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Which conditions are more favorable for quicker chemical weathering?

• high temperature

• low temperature

• low moisture

• high moisture