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Name:__________________________________________________
Select the best answer using (A-D) for each of the following questions.
_______1. Mixtures of naturally occurring solids that form from the earth are called….
A. Gems
C. Minerals
B. Rocks
D. Ores
________2. Rocks are identified and sorted into three main types by
A. how they form
C. the minerals in them
B. their color
D. all of these
________3. Metamorphic rocks are formed by which earth process(es)?
A. melting
C. heat and pressure
B. weathering and erosion D. compaction and cementation
________4. Sedimentary rocks are formed by which earth process(es)?
A. melting
C. heat and pressure
B. weathering and erosion D. compaction and cementation
________5. Igneous rocks are formed by which earth process(es)?
A. melting
C. heat and pressure
B. weathering and erosion
D. compaction and cementation
________6. Which of the following is not a rock?
A. granite
C. diamond
B. slate
D. shale
________7. For an igneous rock to change to a sedimentary rock what must occur ?
A. weathering
C. magma cooling
B. melting
D. none of these
________8. Sedimentary rocks generally form near which of the following?
A. bodies of water
B. volcanoes
C. deep underground under heat and pressure
D. none of these
________9. Metamorphic rock changes to igneous rock by the following process(es)
A. weathering
C. melting and cooling
B. heat and pressure
D. erosion
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