ESS 3.2

What factors lead to the formation of sedimentary rock? Check all that apply.

• Weathering & Erosion

• Heat & Pressure

• Deposition

• Compaction & Cementation

• Melting & Cooling

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Which of the following land features are most closely associated with divergent plate boundaries? Select 2 answers.

• Volcanic island

• Mid ocean ridge

• Mountains

• rift valleys

• trenches

The shapes and landforms of earth's crust can be explained by the movement of the tectonic plates. Which of the following best explains how mountains are created?

• Tectonic plates collide at convergent boundaries causing the crust to push upward.

• Tectonic plates slide past each other at transform boundaries causing the crust to

  push upward.

• Tectonic plates collide at divergent boundaries causing the crust to push upward.

• Tectonic plates collide at convergent boundaries causing the mantle to push upward

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The mountain range of the Alps were formed when the African and Eurasian plates collided. Which shows the movement of plates in the location where the Alps were formed?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

• subduction zone

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In the diagram of the rock cycle, which process is represented by X?

• heating

• cooling

• melting

• weathering

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Igneous and sedimentary rocks could each be changed into metamorphic rock if they are changed by--

• weathering

• melting

• pressure

• cementation

The boundary between the Pacific Plate and the Australian Plate is a transform boundary. What event is likely to occur at the boundary?

• mountain formation

• earthquakes

• hurricanes

• volcanic eruptions

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This rock cooled on the outside of a volcano and contained air bubbles when it was forming. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous- Extrusive

• Metamorphic

• Igneous- Intrusive

Which of the following is NOT true about the role tectonic forces play in the rock cycle?

• When plates pull apart, rocks melt, and magma forms igneous rock

• When plates crash together, rocks are buried and submitted to intense pressure forming metamorphic rocks.

• When plates slide over and under each other, the heat and pressure forms igneous rocks.

• When rocks push upward and form mountains, the erosion of the mountains can produce sediment.

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A chief cause of the formation of metamorphic rock is

• weather

• radiation from the sun

• Earth's motion

• plate motion

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