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Your friend shows you a rough copy of his report on how rocks are formed. He has included four places where rocks are formed. You point out that one of these places is not correct. Which place doesn't belong on his list? |
| | A) | In the ionosphere above Earth's crust |
| | B) | Inside Earth |
| | C) | On Earth's crust |
| | D) | In the waters found on Earth's crust |
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What kind of rock forms when hot magma or lava cools and becomes solid? |
| | A) | Intrusive rock |
| | B) | Igneous rock |
| | C) | Magma |
| | D) | Extrusive rock |
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Which of the following best describes magma? |
| | A) | Molten rock on Earth's surface |
| | B) | Rock that cooled below Earth's surface |
| | C) | Rock that forms when lava cools on Earth's surface |
| | D) | Melted rock that is found deep below Earth's crust |
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During research for a project on how rocks are formed, you learn that extrusive rock |
| | A) | is molten rock on Earth's surface |
| | B) | is melted rock found deep below the surface of Earth |
| | C) | is rock that forms when lava cools on Earth's surface |
| | D) | is rock that cooled below Earth's surface |
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The proper labels for this diagram are |
| | A) | (A) fossilization, and (B) compaction |
| | B) | (A) compaction, and (B) cementation |
| | C) | (A) cementation, and (B) fossilization |
| | D) | (A) cementation, and (B) compaction |
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On a camping trip with your family you find a rock that has many shiny mica particles and many layers. When you get home, you do research and learn that the rock you found is |
| | A) | a metamorphic rock |
| | B) | igneous rock |
| | C) | extrusive rock |
| | D) | intrusive rock |
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The rock that has been changed into metamorphic rock is called |
| | A) | gneiss |
| | B) | marble |
| | C) | schist |
| | D) | parent rock |
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Foliated rocks are metamorphic rocks that have |
| | A) | sediment |
| | B) | fossils |
| | C) | layers |
| | D) | gneiss |
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Marble and quartzite are metamorphic rocks that are said to be |
| | A) | igneous |
| | B) | foliated |
| | C) | non-foliated |
| | D) | parent rock |
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_________ provide evidence about the history of rocks and the climate of an area. |
| | A) | Fossils |
| | B) | Sediments |
| | C) | Compactions |
| | D) | Meteorites |
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