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Rock Cycle Assessment Test Results
Name:
James Bill Miso
Date:
October 2, 2013
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1. 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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2. Which characteristic is common to extrusive igneous rocks?
a. Crystals
b. Fossils
c. Glassy surface
d. Ribbonlike layers
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3. 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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4. 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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5. 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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6. 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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7. Which geologic process is illustrated in this animation?
a. Compacting and cementing
b. Cooling
c. Heat and pressure
d. Melting
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8. 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
9. Which characteristic is common to metamorphic rocks?
a. Fossils
b. Gas bubbles
c. Glassy surface
d. Ribbonlike layers
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10. 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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11. Identify the series of geologic processes that can transform sediment into shale, shale into slate,
and slate into magma.
a. Cooling; melting; heat and pressure
b. Compacting and cementing; heat and pressure; melting
c. Melting; heat and pressure; cooling
d. Weathering and erosion; compacting and cementing; cooling
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12. 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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13. The melting of metamorphic or igneous rock forms what substance?
a. Lava
b. Magma
c. Pebbles
d. Sediment
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14. 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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15. Which geologic process is illustrated in this animation?
a. Cooling
b. Heat and pressure
c. Melting
d. Weathering and erosion
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