#16 Rock Cycle

This is the process of warm liquids rising while cooler liquids sink.

• Convection
• Subduction
• Boiling
• Uplift

The layers in the canyon's sedimentary rock were most likely created by ​​ (a)  

• moving water
• volcanic eruptions
• earthquakes
• scorching sun

Answer explanation

Canyon layers are exposed by rivers carving into the rock.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

How are metamorphic rocks formed?

• Heating and cooling

• Deposition

• Heating and pressure

• Materials gathering and pressing together

The rocks cycle follows a specific order?

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What is the difference between magma and lava?

• Magma is very hot, lava is cool.

• Magma is molten rock within the earth; lava is molten rock on the earth's surface.

• Magma is molten rock on the earth's surface; lava is molten rock within the earth.

• Magma is cool, lava is very hot.

When does a sedimentary rock become a metamorphic rock?

• When it's left alone over a long period of time

• When it erupts out of a volcano

• When its sediments bond together

• When it's subjected to intense heat and pressure