Chapter 4/8/9 Quiz Review

What is the process by which rock is broken into fragments called sediments?

• Deposition

• Compaction

• Weathering

• Igneous Rock

Rock that forms when pressure and heat change existing rock.

• Igneous Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Rock Cycle

An igneous rock can become ______.

• metamorphic
• sedimentary
• igneous
• all of these

_______ rock forms from magma/lava

• Metamorphic
• Sedimentary
• Igneous

The process by which sediment is moved from one place to another.

• weathering

• Uplift

• Deposition

• Erosion

This process changes rocks to magma.

• melting

• cooling and crystallizing

• weathering and erosion

• heat and pressure

This process takes sediments and changes them to sedimentary rock.

• weathering and erosion

• compacting and cementing

• heat and pressure

• melting

What is the energy source for igneous rocks to form?

• Earth's hot interior

• the sun

• gravity

• magnetism

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Where do igneous rocks form?

• underwater

• deep underground

• in the air

• near volcanoes

Where do metamorphic rocks form?

• underwater

• near volcanoes

• deep underground

• in the air