ROCK CYCLE

1. Rock Cycle Assessment Test Results
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Name:
Claude
Date:
October 3, 2013
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1. Which geologic process is illustrated in this a
nimation?
a. Cooling
b. Heat and pressure
c. Melting
d. Weathering and erosion

2. You answered correctly!
2. The interrelationship among the three rock type
s is identified as
which of the following?
a. The rock cycle
b. The rock formation
c. The rock helix
d. The rock metamorphosis
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The rock cycle
3. Rocks melt at what temperature range?
a. 50 to 100 degrees Celsius
b. 130 to 200 degrees Celsius
c. 220 to 500 degrees Celsius
d. 600 to 1,300 degrees Celsius
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4. What geologic process can change granite (igneo
us rock) into gneiss
(metamorphic rock)?
a. Compacting and cementing
b. Cooling
c. Heat and pressure
d. Melting
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5. Which characteristic is common to metamorphic r
ocks?
a. Fossils
b. Gas bubbles
c. Glassy surface
d. Ribbonlike layers
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Ribbonlike layers
6. What type of igneous rock makes up most of the
ocean floor?

3. a. Basalt
b. Granite
c. Lucite
d. Shale
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Basalt
7. The melting of metamorphic or igneous rock form
s what substance?
a. Lava
b. Magma
c. Pebbles
d. Sediment
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8. What element is missing from this diagram of th
e rock cycle?
a. Sedimentary rock
b. Compacting and cementing
c. Melting
d. Metamorphic rock
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Metamorphic rock
9. Which of the following is NOT one of the three
major classes of rock?
a. Igneous
b. Metamorphic
c. Oceanic
d. Sedimentary
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Oceanic
10. The seated sculpture of President Lincoln insid
e the Lincoln
Memorial was carved out of white Georgia marble
. What type of rock
is marble?
a. Igneous
b. Metamorphic
c. Sedimentary

4. d. None of the above
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Metamorphic
11. Which of these statements is true?
a. Weathering and erosion affects all rocks on
the earth's surface
b. Weathering and erosion only affects sediment
ary rocks on the
earth's surface
c. Weathering and erosion affects all rocks und
er the earth's surface
d. Rocks are unaffected by weathering and erosi
on
The correct answer is *a) Weathering and erosio
n affects all rocks
on the earth's surface*
Review: Chapter 4: The Rock Cycle Diagram
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Weathering and erosion affects all rocks on
the earth's surface
12. Identify the series of geologic processes that
can transform magma
into granite, granite into sand, and sand into
sandstone.
a. Cooling; weathering and erosion; compacting
and cementing
b. Melting; heat and pressure; cooling
c. Weathering and erosion; compacting and cemen
ting; cooling
d. Weathering and erosion; compacting and cemen
ting; heat and pressure
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Cooling; weathering and erosion; compacting
and cementing
13. Identify the series of geologic processes that
can transform
sediment into shale, shale into slate, and slat
e into magma.
a. Cooling; melting; heat and pressure

5. b. Compacting and cementing; heat and pressure;
melting
c. Melting; heat and pressure; cooling
d. Weathering and erosion; compacting and cemen
ting; cooling
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Compacting and cementing; heat and pressure
; melting
14. What element is missing from this diagram of th
e rock cycle?
a. Compacting and cementing
b. Sediment
c. Sedimentary rock
d. Weathering and erosion
The correct answer is *c) Sedimentary rock*
Review: Chapter 4: The Rock Cycle Diagram
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Sedimentary rock
15. Which geologic process can change any type of r
ock into sediment?
a. Cooling
b. Heat and pressure
c. Melting
d. Weathering and erosion
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