Rock Cycle Assessment Test Results JIMWEL

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Rock Cycle Assessment Test Results 100%

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Name:  Jimwel G. de Loyola                                       
Date: September 1, 2022

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1. 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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2. The seated sculpture of President Lincoln inside the Lincoln Memorial was carved out of white
Georgia marble. What type of rock is marble?
a. Igneous
b. Metamorphic
c. Sedimentary
d. None of the above

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3. What element is missing from this diagram of the rock cycle?


a. Compacting and cementing
b. Sediment
c. Sedimentary rock
d. Weathering and erosion
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4. 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 cementing;
cooling
d. Weathering and erosion; compacting and cementing; heat
and pressure

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5. Which geologic process can change any type of rock into sediment?
a. Cooling
b. Heat and pressure
c. Melting
d. Weathering and erosion

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6. 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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7. Which characteristic is found in sedimentary rocks?


a. Crystals
b. Fossils
c. Gas bubbles
d. Glassy surface
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8. Which geologic process is illustrated in this animation?


a. Compacting and cementing
b. Cooling
c. Heat and pressure
d. Melting
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9. The melting of metamorphic or igneous rock forms what substance?


a. Lava
b. Magma
c. Pebbles
d. Sediment
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10. Which of these statements is true?
a. Rocks can only change on the earth's surface
b. Rocks can change from one type to another
c. Rocks can only change inside the earth
d. Rocks never change
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11. What element is missing from this diagram of the rock cycle?
a. Sedimentary rock
b. Compacting and cementing
c. Melting
d. Metamorphic rock
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12. Some of the rocks that the spires (also known as hoodoos) of Utah's Bryce Canyon are made of
are limestone and sandstone. What type of rock is limestone and sandstone?
a. Igneous
b. Metamorphic
c. Sedimentary
d. None of the above

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13. Identify the series of geologic processes that can transform sandstone into quartzite, quartzite into
magma, and magma into rhyolite.
a. Compacting and cementing; heat and pressure; melting
b. Cooling; melting; heat and pressure
c. Melting; heat and pressure; cooling
d. Heat and pressure; melting; cooling

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14. Which of these statements is true?


a. Weathering and erosion affects all rocks on the earth's
surface
b. Weathering and erosion only affects sedimentary rocks on
the earth's surface
c. Weathering and erosion affects all rocks under the earth's
surface
d. Rocks are unaffected by weathering and erosion
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15. Which characteristic is common to metamorphic rocks?
a. Fossils
b. Gas bubbles
c. Glassy surface
d. Ribbonlike layers
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