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The rock cycle

7th grade (Year 8 in England) · 10 questions · Common Core: NGSS.MS-ESS2-1 · England: KS3 Chemistry: Earth and atmosphere (the rock cycle)

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Question 1
What makes metamorphic rock?
- A. heat and pressure changing existing rock without melting it
- B. wind blowing sand
- C. lava cooling quickly
- D. sediment settling in water
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Question 2
In the path from sedimentary to igneous rock, what comes straight after "melts to form magma"?
- A. sedimentary rock
- B. buried deep and heated under pressure
- C. becomes metamorphic rock
- D. magma cools to form igneous rock
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Question 3
Why is it called the rock "cycle"?
- A. Rocks never change
- B. Rock materials are recycled from one type to another over millions of years
- C. Rocks ride bicycles
- D. It happens once a year
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Question 4
In the path from sedimentary to igneous rock, what comes straight after "melts to form magma"?
- A. buried deep and heated under pressure
- B. becomes metamorphic rock
- C. magma cools to form igneous rock
- D. sedimentary rock
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Question 5
What turns sediment into sedimentary rock?
- A. freezing
- B. compaction and cementation over a long time
- C. melting and cooling
- D. burning
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Question 6
In the path from igneous to sedimentary rock, what comes straight after "weathering breaks it into pieces"?
- A. layers of sediment build up
- B. igneous rock at the surface
- C. erosion carries the sediment to the sea
- D. compaction and cementation form sedimentary rock
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Question 7
What makes metamorphic rock?
- A. sediment settling in water
- B. heat and pressure changing existing rock without melting it
- C. lava cooling quickly
- D. wind blowing sand
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Question 8
In the path from igneous to sedimentary rock, what comes straight after "igneous rock at the surface"?
- A. layers of sediment build up
- B. erosion carries the sediment to the sea
- C. weathering breaks it into pieces
- D. compaction and cementation form sedimentary rock
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Question 9
Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface is called…
- A. magma
- B. marble
- C. sediment
- D. lava
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Question 10
In the path from sedimentary to igneous rock, what comes straight after "buried deep and heated under pressure"?
- A. melts to form magma
- B. sedimentary rock
- C. magma cools to form igneous rock
- D. becomes metamorphic rock

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