Earth History: Select Parts of a Topographic Map

The cross section below represents a portion of Earth's crust. Letters A through D are locations within the rock units. Which location is quartzite most likely found?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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What kind of rock is formed from cooling down lava?

• metamorphic

• igneous

• sedimentary

• magma

Rocks that form from the weathering and erosion of sediments, which are cemented and compacted in new locations.

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

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Preexisting rock that is/was altered by extreme heat, pressure, or both.

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

Rocks formed by heat and pressure beneath the Earth's surface are...

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

• magma

Which word refers to small particles of broken down rock?

• Sediment

• Magma

• Lava

• Crust

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Which type of rock was MOST LIKELY formed by the Tennessee River over the last 100 million years?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Mountainous

• Metamorphic

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Here is a table of how rocks are made. What materials make up igneous rock?

• sediments, minerals, and other organic matter

• magma or lava

• sedimentary rocks, igneous rocks, and other metamorphic rocks

• sand and mud

Formed by weathering & erosion

• magma

• sediments

• sedimentary rock

• intrusive igneous

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Geology is the study of rocks and what the _________ is made of.

• science

• life

• earth

• penguins

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