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</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</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Rock</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</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</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Metamorphism</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Magma</p> Signup and view all the answers

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