Rock Transformations

Are Rocks A and B the same or different types of rock?

The rocks are...

• 
  the same type because they both formed from rock material.

• the same type because they formed at the same time.

• different types because they formed in different ways.

• different types because they formed in different places.

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Hot liquid rock below the Earth's surface is called

• metamorphic

• sediment

• igneous

• magma

What is the process of sediment being glued together?

• compaction

• construction

• cementation

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Is it possible for an igneous rock formation underneath Earth's outer layer could turn into a sedimentary rock formation?

• Yes, if igneous is moved to Earth's surface and exposed to energy from the sun, it could weather into small rock pieces that could form sedimentary rock.

• Yes, energy from Earth's interior can cause igneous rock to break into small rock pieces that form sedimentary rock.

• No, sedimentary rock forms at Earth's surface because energy from the sun causes rock to weather, but igneous rock under Earth's outer layer is not exposed to energy from the sun.

• No, sedimentary rock can only form out of material from other sedimentary rock. There is no way that sedimentary rock can form from material in igneous rock.

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What would happen if a sedimentary rock is exposed to energy from Earth’s interior and then millions of years later to energy from the sun?

• Energy from Earth’s interior would cause melting of the rock and turn it into magma. The magma would cool and turn into igneous rock. Then, energy from the sun would cause weathering to turn the rock into sediment.

• Energy from Earth’s interior would cause melting, and the rock would turn into magma. The magma would cool and turn into igneous rock. Then, energy from the sun would cause weathering to turn the rock into sediment.

• Energy from the sun would cause weathering to make sediment. Compaction and cementation would turn the sediment into sedimentary rock, and then energy from Earth’s interior would cause melting, and the rock would turn into magma.

• Energy from the sun would cause weathering to make sediment. The sediment will then be compacted and cemented into a sedimentary rock. Then, the energy from Earth’s interior would cause melting, and turn the rock into magma.

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The process of sediment being glued together is called

• cementation

• compaction

• cross section

• erosion

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The process of sediment being buried and pressed together is called ______________.

• cementation

• compaction

• cross section

• erosion

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What type of rock is formed when magma cools and becomes solid?

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

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magma forms when any type of rock is _______, a process driven by the energy from Earth's interior

• melted

• weathering

• magma

• freezing

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Magma is make of melting rock; this happens _________.

• underneath Earth's surface

• in space

• on the top layer of the Earth's surface