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Rock Cycle Assessment Test Results

Name: Marc Sto. Domingo Date: October 2, 2013

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1. What rock type is formed from the slow cooling of magma under the earth's surface?

a. Extrusive igneous

b. Intrusive igneous

c. Metamorphic

d. Sediment

The correct answer is b) Intrusive igneous

Review: Chapter 3: How Rocks Change

2. The Mount Rushmore National Monument is carved from the granite of South Dakota's Black Hills.

What type of rock is granite?

a. Igneous

b. Metamorphic

c. Sedimentary

d. None of the above

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3. The interrelationship among the three rock types 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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4. Which characteristic is common to extrusive igneous rocks?

a. Crystals

b. Fossils

c. Glassy surface

d. Ribbonlike layers

The correct answer is c) Glassy surface

Review: Chapter 2: Types of Rocks

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5. Which characteristic is common to metamorphic rocks?

a. Fossils

b. Gas bubbles

c. Glassy surface

d. Ribbonlike layers

The correct answer is d) Ribbonlike layers

Review: Chapter 2: Types of Rocks

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

a. Crystals

b. Fossils

c. Gas bubbles

d. Glassy surface

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8. What geologic process can change granite (igneous rock) into gneiss (metamorphic rock)?

a. Compacting and cementing

b. Cooling

c. Heat and pressure

d. Melting

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9. 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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10. 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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11. What geologic process changes pieces of rocks, minerals, and other material into sedimentaryrock?

a. Compacting and cementing

b. Cooling

c. Heat and pressure

d. Melting

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12. Which geologic process is illustrated in this animation?

a. Compacting and cementing

b. Cooling

c. Heat and pressure

d. Melting

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13. 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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14. Identify the series of geologic processes that can transform sandstone into quartzite, quartzite intomagma, 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

The correct answer is d) Heat and pressure; melting; cooling

Review: Chapter 3: How Rocks Change

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15. The melting of metamorphic or igneous rock forms what substance?

a. Lava

b. Magma

c. Pebbles

d. Sediment

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