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Where can the oldest layer be found?

• The top layer
• The middle layer
• They are all the same age
• The bottom layer

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These are formed when layers of dead plants or animals covered by sediment and water are changed through heat and pressure over thousands of years

• antiques
• emeralds
• fossil fuels
• slate rocks

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Each rock type can follow only one pathway of the rock cycle.

• True
• False

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Which type of rock is formed when smaller parts of older rocks become cemented together?

• igneous
• sedimentary
• pebbles
• metamorphic

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Some students make a model to show one of the first steps in the formation of sedimentary rock. The students pour 2cm of light-colored sand into a clear plastic box. Then they add 1cm of gravel. Finally they pour 2cm of dark-colored sand on top of the gravel. Which characteristic of sedimentary rock does this model best show?

• Sedimentary rock is made of layers.

• Sedimentary rock is cemented bits of rock.

• Sedimentary rock is often limestone.

• Sedimentary rock is common in Texas.

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How is the river changing the valley over time?

• The river is drying up, exposing rocks

• The river becomes more narrow

• The river freezes

• The river is widening, covering more land and rocks.

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What type of evidence was NOT used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis?

• evidence from rock formations

• evidence from fossils

• evidence from human remains

• evidence from glaciers

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The Grand Canyon is more than 400 km long and in some places almost 2 km deep. Which model best represents the main process that formed the Grand Canyon? (5.7B)

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The model below shows layers of sediment on the floor of an ocean. Which of the following best explains how these layers can become rock over many years?

• Sand in the sediment melts and turns into rock.

• The weight of the water compacts the sediment into rock.

• Changing water temperatures turn sand in the sediment into rock.

• Pollution caused by humans turns the sediment into rock.

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Which layer of sedimentary rock is the oldest?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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