Rock Cycle Test - 23

Which process causes sand grains to stick together to form sandstone?

• Abrasion

• Cementation

• Combustion

• Erosion

In the rock cycle, sedimentary rock forms when rock is

• crystallized into natural glass.

• exposed to great temperature.

• melted into liquid magma.

• broken down by weathering.

Which characteristic property indicates that igenous rock cools slowly?

• mineral composition

• hardness

• density

• crystal size

When a beam of light passes through a clear, convex lens, the light will mostly

• diffract and spread out.

• diffract and come to a focal point.

• refract and come to a focal point.

• refract and spread out.

A tomato plants, red skin (R)  is dominant over yellow skin (r). A hybrid tomato plant is crossed with yellow tomato plant. 

As a result of this cross, what percentage of the offspring are predicted to have yellow skin?

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

• 100%

In a popular television show, the hosts attempt to bust common myths. In one epidsode, a crystal glass goblet was shattered by a trained singer's voice. What physics phenomenon is responsible for the goblet shattering?

• Doppler effect

• Mach effect

• sound interference

• sound resonance

The process when rocks break into smaller pieces due to exposure to natural elements is called

• erosion

• weathering

• sediments

• deposition

Can break sedimentary rock into sediments

• weathering

• erosion

• cementation

• compaction

This rock was formed when molten rock cooled into a solid. What type of rock is it?

• Igneous Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

series of processes that continually change one rock type into another

• rock cycle

• Circle of Life

• Cell Cycle

• Cyclical Rock Theory