Rocks and Rocks Cycle 5

What processes create sedimentary rocks (and fossils)

• Heat

• Compaction

• Cementation

• Cooling

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What changes a metamorphic rock into a sedimentary rock

• Cementation

• Pressure (Compaction)

• Cooling

• Melting

Magma that reaches the surface flows from a volcano as ____________

• Magma

• Water

• Ice

• Lava

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Fossils are often found in ____________ because it is formed from the remains of once living things.

• metamorphic
• magma
• igneous
• sedimentary

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_____________________ is the process of breaking down rocks.

• transportation

• deposition

• weathering

• sedimentation

Which type of rock results from melting and cooling of magma?

• Igneous
• Metamorphic
• Sedimentary
• Extrusive

This rock started as molten magma but transformed after a volcano erupted. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

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rock formed from sediments, organic remains, or chemical precipitates (ex. limestone)

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

• sediment

• soil

the transport of fragments of rock by water, wind, ice, or gravity

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• lithification

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Fossils are only found in

• Sedimentary rocks
• Foliated Metamorphic rocks
• Igneous Rocks
• Nonfoliated Metamorphic rocks

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