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The Rock Cycle

Question 1 of 48

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Pieces of solid material that have been deposited on Earth's surface by wind, water, ice, gravity, or chemical precipitation.

Select one or more of the following:

  • Minerals

  • Elements

  • Sediments

  • Sand

Explanation

Question 2 of 48

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What is weathering?

Select one of the following:

  • Physical and chemical processes that break up rock.

  • When sediments are laid down on the ground after movement.

Explanation

Question 3 of 48

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What is deposition?

Select one of the following:

  • When sediments are laid down on the ground after movement.

  • Physical and chemical processes that break up rock.

Explanation

Question 4 of 48

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The process of weathering that causes weak minerals to break down and the strong minerals to separate from the weak.

Select one or more of the following:

  • Chemical weathering.

  • Physical weathering.

Explanation

Question 5 of 48

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The weathering process that causes rocks to break along fractures or boundaries.

Select one or more of the following:

  • Physical weathering.

  • Chemical weathering.

Explanation

Question 6 of 48

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A sedimentary rock and mineral fragment produced by weathering.

Select one of the following:

  • Erosion

  • Organic

  • Clastic

Explanation

Question 7 of 48

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Erosion is the removal and movement of surface materials from place to place.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 8 of 48

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The main forms of erosion are:

Select one or more of the following:

  • Wind

  • Water

  • Gravity

  • Season change

  • Heat from the sun

  • Glaciers

  • Plants

Explanation

Question 9 of 48

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Faster moving water affects deposition in what way?

Select one of the following:

  • The water can transport larger particles and cause layers.

  • The speed of the water causes the carried minerals to be pushed to the banks.

Explanation

Question 10 of 48

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Areas on the Earth where most sediments are deposited.

Select one of the following:

  • Valleys

  • Rivers

  • Sedimentary basins

Explanation

Question 11 of 48

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Lithification is the process when pressure and temperature from the bottom of a sedimentary basin began to compact sediments into sedimentary rock.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 12 of 48

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What substance maintains open spaces during lithification?

Select one of the following:

  • Sand

  • All types of gems

  • Olivine

Explanation

Question 13 of 48

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In Question 12, you were asked what mineral maintains open spaces during lithification. What can be found in these spaces?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Ground water

  • Oil

  • Natural Gases

Explanation

Question 14 of 48

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Earth's crust's temperatures increase at about 30*C per kilometer.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 15 of 48

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What process forms sedimentary rock when mineral grains are stuck together into the rock?

Select one of the following:

  • Liquifaction

  • Bedding

  • Cementation

Explanation

Question 16 of 48

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What is type one cementation?

Select one of the following:

  • A new mineral grows between grains as dissolved mineral precipitate out of groundwater.

  • Grains grow in size because the same minerals precipitate from groundwater and crystallize around them.

Explanation

Question 17 of 48

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What is type 2 cementation?

Select one of the following:

  • Grains grow in size because the same minerals precipitate from groundwater and crystallize around them.

  • A new mineral grows between grains as dissolved mineral precipitate out of groundwater.

Explanation

Question 18 of 48

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The primary feature of sedimentary rocks.

Select one of the following:

  • Lithification

  • Bedding

  • Parallel crystals

Explanation

Question 19 of 48

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Graded bedding is when inclined layers of sediment move forward across a horizontal.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 20 of 48

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Graded bedding is when the particles are gradually heavier and coarser towards the bottom.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 21 of 48

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The most well-known feature of sedimentary rock.

Select one of the following:

  • Fossils

  • Bedding

Explanation

Question 22 of 48

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Parts of organisms cannot be replaced by minerals during lithification.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 23 of 48

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How are clastic sedimentary rocks formed?

Select one of the following:

  • The deposits of loose sediments

  • The remains of dead organisms

  • Minerals remains from magma

Explanation

Question 24 of 48

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What is porosity?

Select one of the following:

  • The holes on a rock once it is formed

  • The percentage of open spaces between grains

  • How easily a rock can break apart

Explanation

Question 25 of 48

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What rocks form from the minerals left behind after evaporation?

Select one of the following:

  • Chemical Sedimentary

  • Evaporites

  • Clastic Sedimentary

Explanation

Question 26 of 48

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Evaporites are the layers of chemical sedimentary rocks that form as a result of precipitation from a supersaturated solution.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 27 of 48

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What are the 3 most common evaporites?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Coal

  • Calcite

  • Halite

  • Amethyst

  • Gypsum

Explanation

Question 28 of 48

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What rock is formed from the remains of dead organisms?

Select one of the following:

  • Organic Sedimentary

  • Fossils

  • Porphyroblasts

Explanation

Question 29 of 48

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What are some primary uses of sedimentary rocks?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Fossil finding

  • Determining past geography

  • Construction because of their sturdiness

Explanation

Question 30 of 48

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What changes occur when a rock becomes a metamorphic rock?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Texture change

  • Mineralogy change

  • Deposition

  • Cementation

  • Chemical composition change

  • Does not melt during change

  • Does melt during change

Explanation

Question 31 of 48

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Where is the pressure for metamorphism found?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Radioactivity from the core

  • Weight of overlying rock

  • Compressive forces from deforming rock

  • Special, human designed machines

Explanation

Question 32 of 48

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Temperature for metamorphism is derived from the sun

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 33 of 48

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Grade is dependent on pressure, temperature, and depth.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 34 of 48

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Regional Metamorphism occurs when high temperature and pressure affect large regions of Earth's crust. What level grades can this include?

Select one or more of the following:

  • High

  • Intermediate

  • Low

Explanation

Question 35 of 48

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How are regional belts divided/classified?

Select one of the following:

  • By location

  • By distance from the equator

  • By mineral groups found in the rocks

Explanation

Question 36 of 48

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Contact metamorphism is when molten rocks collide with a larger mass of molten rocks and come together.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 37 of 48

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Where are minerals that crystallize at high temperatures found [in relation to an intrusion]?

Select one of the following:

  • Close to the intrusion

  • Far from the intrusion

Explanation

Question 38 of 48

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What metamorphism is the result of very hot water reacting with rock and altering its chemistry and mineralogy?

Select one of the following:

  • Hydrothermal

  • Clastic

  • Pressure

Explanation

Question 39 of 48

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Minerals in wavy layers and bands that line up due to pressure are...

Select one of the following:

  • Foliated

  • Nonfoliated

Explanation

Question 40 of 48

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Minerals that form blocky crystal shapes are...

Select one of the following:

  • Foliated

  • Nonfoliated

Explanation

Question 41 of 48

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Porphyroblasts are

Select one of the following:

  • Minerals that grow large while the surrounding minerals remain small

  • Minerals that remain small while the surrounding minerals grow large

Explanation

Question 42 of 48

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What might change a rock compositionally?

Select one of the following:

  • Weather

  • Breaking up

  • Hot fluids

Explanation

Question 43 of 48

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When water freezes in an open space in a rock and breaks it, what is the phenomenon called?

Select one of the following:

  • Frost wedging

  • Cold breakage

  • Cracking

Explanation

Question 44 of 48

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The biggest cause of erosion are glaciers.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 45 of 48

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How does lithification begin?

Select one of the following:

  • Compaction

  • Deposition

  • Cementation

  • Water pressure

Explanation

Question 46 of 48

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How can sedimentary rocks be energy sources?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Coal

  • Oil

  • Gas

  • Uranium

  • Construction

Explanation

Question 47 of 48

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Hydrothermal Metamorphism can form

Select one or more of the following:

  • Gold

  • Copper

  • Amethyst

  • Silver

  • Tungsten

  • Cement

  • Lead

Explanation

Question 48 of 48

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The three types of metamorphism are regional, contact, and dynamic.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

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