The Rock Cycle

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Which type of material is usually composed of grains of one or more minerals?

  • Rock cycle
  • Consolidated material (correct)
  • Hydrosphere
  • Plate tectonics

What does the rock cycle show?

  • How rocks are formed
  • How rocks are broken down
  • How rocks are processed
  • All of the above (correct)

What processes may involve interactions of geosphere with?

  • Biosphere
  • Atmosphere
  • Hydrosphere
  • All of the above (correct)

What is created by the melting of rock above a subduction zone?

<p>Magma (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happens to sedimentary rock when it is heated and squeezed at depth?

<p>It forms metamorphic rock (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of material is usually composed of grains of one or more minerals?

<p>Rock (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the process by which igneous rock exposed at the surface gets weathered into sediment?

<p>Weathering (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happens when sediments are transported to low-lying areas, buried, and hardened?

<p>They form sedimentary rock (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the process by which sedimentary rock is heated and squeezed at depth?

<p>Metamorphism (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is created by the melting of rock above a subduction zone?

<p>Magma (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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