Unit 4 - Earth Systems Assessment

The process by which igneous rocks are formed...

• heat and pressure
• melting and cooling
• compaction and cementation

Which type of rock results from melting and cooling of magma?

• Igneous
• Metamorphic
• Sedimentary
• Extrusive

The diagram shows fossils in different rock layers. Which of these statements about the age of these fossils is most likely correct?

• Fossil A and C are the same age
  
• Fossil B is older than fossil C
• Fossils A is older than fossil B
• Fossil D is older than fossil C

Which type of rock forms from extreme heat and pressure?

• Igneous
• Sedimentary
• Organic
• Metamorphic

What is the process of water flowing under the Earth's surface?

• Groundwater flow

• Precipitation

• Water collection

• Cloud formation

Each rock type can follow only one pathway of the rock cycle.

• True
• False

When sediment is moved around by wind or water it is called ________.

• erosion
• weathering
• relative
• fossils

Which of the following is driven by energy from the sun?

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Groundwater flow

• Water collection

Which process occurs to create sediments?

• compacting and cementing

• melting

• heat and pressure

• weathering and erosion

This rock is made from tiny pieces of other rocks that settled to the bottom of a valley millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Metamorphic