Earth's layers and rock cycle quiz

Which path must a rock take once it is in the rock cycle?

• From sedimentary rock to metamorphic rock

• from igneous rock to sedimentary rock

• magma cooling into igneous rock

• any path in the rock cycle since no rock travels the same path through the rock cycle.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What layer is shown by letter B?

• Crust

• Outer core

• Inner core

• mantle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Which layer has the coolest temperature?

• crust

• outer core

• mantle

• inner core

Which series of processes changes rock from one type to another?

• photosynthesis

• deposition

• rock cycle

• water cycle

What are the two types of crust?

• water, land

• top crust, bottom crust

• oceanic crust, continental crust

• none of the above

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

What layer is shown by letter C?

• Crust

• Outer core

• Inner core

• mantle

What are two factors necessary to form metamorphic rock?

• sun and pressure

• heat and pressure

• pressure and lava

• sediments and lava

The lithosphere is made up of which two layers?

• Upper and lower mantle

• Upper mantle and crust

• crust and lower mantle

• core and mantle

What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth's layers?

• mantle, outer core, inner core, crust

• crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

• inner core, outer core, mantle, crust

• crust, mantle, inner core, outer core

What layer is shown by letter D?

• Crust

• Outer core

• Inner core

• mantle