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Rock Cycle Assessment Test Results
Name: Juno Pajel Date: September 20, 2014
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1. Which characteristic is common to metamorphic rocks?
a. Fossils
b. Gas bubbles
c. Glassy surface
d. Ribbonlike layers
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2. Which geologic process is illustrated in this animation?
a. Compacting and cementing
b. Cooling
c. Heat and pressure
d. Melting
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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. What element is missing from this diagram of the rock cycle?
a. Magma
b. Cooling
c. Weathering and erosion
d. Igneous rock
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5. Which geologic process is illustrated in this animation?
a. Cooling
b. Heat and pressure
c. Melting
d. Weathering and erosion
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6. 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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7. Which characteristic is found in sedimentary rocks?
a. Crystals
b. Fossils
c. Gas bubbles
d. Glassy surface
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8. 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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9. 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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10. 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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11. What geologic process changes pieces of rocks, minerals, and other material into sedimentary
rock?
a. Compacting and cementing
b. Cooling
c. Heat and pressure
d. Melting
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12. 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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13. 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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14. The melting of metamorphic or igneous rock forms what substance?
a. Lava
b. Magma
c. Pebbles
d. Sediment
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15. 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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