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What type of rock forms from the cooling and solidification of magma or lava?
What type of rock forms from the cooling and solidification of magma or lava?
- Sedimentary Rock
- Igneous Rock (correct)
- Metamorphic Rock
- None of the above
Weathering and erosion contribute to the creation of metamorphic rocks.
Weathering and erosion contribute to the creation of metamorphic rocks.
False (B)
What is the term for rock that is exposed at the Earth's surface?
What is the term for rock that is exposed at the Earth's surface?
Outcrop
Rocks can be transformed into sedimentary rocks through processes such as ______, compaction, and cementation.
Rocks can be transformed into sedimentary rocks through processes such as ______, compaction, and cementation.
Match the following rock types with their correct formation process:
Match the following rock types with their correct formation process:
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Magma
Magma
Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface.
The Rock Cycle
The Rock Cycle
The process of rocks being transformed from one type to another through various geological processes.
Igneous Rock
Igneous Rock
Rocks formed from the cooling of magma or lava.
Sedimentary Rock
Sedimentary Rock
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Metamorphic Rock
Metamorphic Rock
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Study Notes
The Rock Cycle
- The rock cycle is a continuous process that describes the transitions between different types of rocks.
- Rocks are formed from different processes throughout the different stages
- Magma cools to form igneous rocks.
- Igneous rocks can be extrusive (formed on the surface) or intrusive (formed below the surface).
- Igneous rocks can be uplifted, weathered, eroded, transported, and deposited to form sediment.
- Sediment is compacted and cemented to form sedimentary rocks.
- Sedimentary rocks can be buried deeper, subjected to heat and pressure, and transformed into metamorphic rocks.
- Metamorphic rocks can be melted to form magma, restarting the cycle.
- Uplift is a process that brings rocks from deep within the Earth to the surface.
- Weathering, erosion, transportation, and deposition are processes that break down and move rocks, sediments and creating sedimentary layers.
- Burial, compaction, and cementation are processes that transform loose sediment into sedimentary rock.
- Deeper burial, heat, and pressure transform sedimentary rocks into metamorphic rocks.
- Metamorphic rocks can melt to form magma, which restarts the cycle.
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