A rock whose mineral grains are NOT formed in bands is called______________________.

Grains of sand are washed into rivers and oceans through the process of______________________.

The minerals found in a rock determine its ______________________.

Rocks change their composition during the ______________________.

The process in which sediment is dropped and comes to rest is called:

Which of the following is a coarse-grained igneous rock?

Partially decomposed plant material forms:

When shale is exposed to slight heat and pressure, what foliated metamorphic rock does it become?

Please read the following passage and use it to answer the next 3 multiple choice questions. Passage 1 - The texture and composition of a rock can provide good clues about how and where the rock formed. Scientists use both texture and composition to understand the origin and history of rocks. For example, marble is a rock that is made when limestone is metamorphosed. Only limestone contains the mineral—calcite—that can change into marble. Therefore,wherever scientists find marble, they know the sediment that created the original limestone was deposited in a warm ocean or lake environment. 1. In the passage, what does the word "origin" mean?

Passage 1 - Question 2 - Based on the passage, what can the reader conclude?

Passage 1 - Question 3 - What is the main idea of the passage?

Passage 2 - Fulgurites are a rare type of natural glass found in areas that have quartz-rich sediments, such as beaches and deserts. A tubular fulgurite forms when a lightning bolt strikes material such as sand and melts the quartz into a liquid. The liquid quartz cools and solidifies quickly, and a thin, glassy tube is left behind. Fulgurites usually have a rough outer surface and a smooth inner surface. Underground, a fulgurite may be shaped like the roots of a tree. The fulgurite branches out with many arms that trace the zigzag path of the lightning bolt. Some fulgurites are as short as your little finger, but others stretch 20 meters into the ground. Question 1: In the passage, what does the word "tubular" mean?

Passage 2 - Question 2 - From the information in the passage, what can the reader conclude?

Passage 2 - Question 3 - Which of the following statements best describes a fulgurite?

Please use the following diagram to answer the next 3 questions. Question 1 - According to the rock cycle diagram, which of the following statements is true?

Question 2 - A rock exists at the surface of the earth. What would be the next step in the rock cycle?

Question 3 - Which of the following processes brings rocks to the earth's surface where they can be eroded?

What type of rock is formed when magma cools and solidifies?

Which process involves the breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces?

What type of rock is formed from the cooling and solidification of lava on the Earth's surface?

What is the term for the process by which sediment is transported by wind, water, or ice?

Which type of rock is formed from the accumulation and compaction of sediment?