Rock Cycle

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Which type of rock results from the melting and cooling of magma? Options: Intrusive, Extrusive, Foliated, Nonfoliated

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Intrusive

Front

Which type of rock forms from extreme heat and pressure? Options: Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic, Organic

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Metamorphic

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As part of the rock cycle, rocks can only follow 1 set pathway.

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FALSE

Front

Metamorphic rocks are formed by...

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Heat and Pressure

Front

The Rock Cycle starts with...

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Anything

Front

Pathway an igneous rock CANNOT take: compaction and cementation, melting, weathering and erosion, heat and pressure

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compaction and cementation

Front

All rocks can be...

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melted, transformed, and eroded

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How does pumice become sandstone?

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weathering and erosion to sediment, then compaction 

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Sedimentary Rock --> ____________--> Sediment

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weathering and erosion

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Magma --> _____________ --> Igneous Rock

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Cooling