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Earth Materials and Processes

Authored by Vanessa Prindle

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8th Grade

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Earth Materials and Processes
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What source of energy helps power the cycling of earth materials?

Infrared energy

Heat from the crust

potential energy

Heat from the sun and Earth's core

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An igneous rock can be changed into a metamorphic rock, a metamorphic rock can crumble to become a sedimentary rock, and a sedimentary rock can be remelted to become magma. This is known as –

The rock cycle

The carbon cycle

The geological cycle

The Earth materials cycle

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3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How can a metamorphic rock become a sedimentary rock?

It is eroded into small bits that are deposited into igneous rocks.

It cannot become a sedimentary rock.

It can be weathered into small bits that are deposited, compacted, and cemented into a new rock form.

It can be weathered into large bits that are carried downstream by water.

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4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following processes is driven by the energy from Earth’s interior?

Photosynthesis

Melting of rock

Beach erosion

Decomposition

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5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following describes the most accurate way students can model how the earth’s surface is changed by a natural process?

Heating water until it reaches the boiling point while measuring the temperature

Pouring water over sand in a container on an incline so that it is carried and deposited at the bottom

Placing rocks in a container of water to observe how the level of water in the container rises

Freezing different volumes of water to determine the length of time needed for it to become solid

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6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

To be complete and accurate, a model of how material is cycled on the earth would need to include all of the following EXCEPT–

radiation from the sun.

heat from the earth’s interior.

movement of air, water, and rock.

position and motion of the earth.

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7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Energy from the sun has an effect on the rocky surface of the earth in which of the following processes?

Formation of crystals as molten rock cools

Erosion of rock surface

Faulting and folding of rock layers

Landforms created by tectonic plate movement

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