What process is primarily responsible for breaking down rocks into sand?
Rocks and the Rock Cycle: the Rock Cycle

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Heat and pressure
Compaction and cementation
Weathering and erosion
Melting and cooling
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which type of rock is formed when sediments are compacted and cemented together?
Volcanic rock
Sedimentary rock
Metamorphic rock
Igneous rock
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does shale transform into when subjected to heat and pressure?
Granite
Slate
Basalt
Conglomerate
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What can happen to metamorphic rocks when exposed to high heat deep within the Earth?
They transform into shale
They become sediments
They melt into magma
They form conglomerate
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the result when magma cools on the Earth's surface?
It forms sedimentary rocks
It forms igneous rocks
It forms conglomerate
It forms metamorphic rocks
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