Bell Ringer 14. Rock and Rock Cycle

What element is missing from this diagram of the rock cycle?

• Sedimentary rock

• Compacting and cementing

• Melting

• Metamorphic rock

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Which geologic process can change any type of rock into sediment?

• Cooling

• Heat and pressure

• Melting

• Weathering and erosion

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Which of these statements is true?

• Rocks can only change on the earth's surface

• Rocks can change from one type to another

• Rocks can only change inside the earth

• Rocks never change

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Which characteristic is common to metamorphic rocks?

• Fossils

• Gas bubbles

• Glassy surface

• Ribbonlike layers

What rock type is formed from the slow cooling of magma under the earth's surface?

• Extrusive igneous

• Intrusive igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sediment

The interrelationship among the three rock types is identified as which of the following?

• The rock cycle

• The rock formation

• The rock helix

• The rock metamorphosis

Which of these statements is true?

• Weathering and erosion affects all rocks on the earth's surface

• Weathering and erosion only affects sedimentary rocks on the earth's surface

• Weathering and erosion affects all rocks under the earth's surface

• Rocks are unaffected by weathering and erosion

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What geologic process can change granite (igneous rock) into gneiss (metamorphic rock)?

• Compacting and cementing

• Cooling

• Heat and pressure

• Melting

Which characteristic is common to extrusive igneous rocks?

• Crystals

• Fossils

• Glassy surface

• Ribbonlike layers

Which characteristic is found in sedimentary rocks?

• Crystals

• Fossils

• Gas bubbles

• Glassy surface

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