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2.1 Rock...s
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Question 1
1.
In your own words, why are there no fossils in metamorphic or igneous rocks?
Question 2
2.
Click and drag the type of rock to its most likley location of being found.
Other Answer Choices:
drag_indicator
metamorphic
drag_indicator
igenous
drag_indicator
sedimentary
Question 3
3.
Between what temperatures do rocks tend to melt?
220 to 500 degrees Celsius
50 to 100 degrees Celsius
600 to 1,300 degrees Celsius
130 to 200 degrees Celsius
Question 4
4.
What geological process changes sediment to a sedimentary rock?
Question 5
5.
What geologic process can change granite (igneous rock) into gneiss (metamorphic rock)?
Question 6
6.
Select characteristics found in sedimentary rocks.
sand or pebbles
gas bubbles
crystals
ribbonlike layers
fossils
glassy surfaces
Question 7
7.
Select characteristics found in metamorphic rocks.
crystals
ribbonlike layers
gas bubbles
sand or pebbles
glassy surfaces
fossils
Question 8
8.
What is missing from the rock cycle?
Question 9
9.
What process does a sedimentary rock go through to become a metamorphic rock?
Other Answer Choices:
drag_indicator
cooling
drag_indicator
melting
drag_indicator
heat and pressure
drag_indicator
weathering and erosion
drag_indicator
compacting and cementing
Question 10
10.
What is the cycle that transforms sediment into shale (sedimentary), shale into slate (metamorphic), and slate into magma?
compacting and cementing, heat and pressure, melting
weathering and erosion, compacting and cementing, cooling
melting, heat and pressure, cooling
cooling, melting, heat and pressure
Question 11
11.
What is the cycle that transforms magma into granite, granite into sand, and sand into sandstone?
cooling, weathering, compacting and cementing
weathering and erosion, compacting and cementing, cooling
melting, heat and pressure, cooling
compacting and cementing, heat and pressure, melting
Question 12
12.
What geologic process can change any type of rock into sediment?
