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Earth & Rock Cycle Review: Unit 9

Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

1.From the picture what rock is being formed for letter B?

a. igneous
b. metamorphic
c. sedimentary
d. none of these
2. According to the diagram, what type of rock is being formed at letter A?
a. igneous
b. metamorphic
c. sedimentary
d. magma
3. According to the diagram, which letter represents igneous rock?
a. C c. E
b. D d. F
4. Which letter in the diagram represents magma?
a. C c. E
b. D d. F

5. Which of the following lists the steps an igneous rock undergoes in order to become a sedimentary rock, in
the correct order?
a. Deposition, erosion, melting, cooling c. Dissolving, deposition, cooling, fracture
b. Erosion, weathering, eruption, cooling d. Weathering, erosion, deposition,
cementation
6. Which of these processes causes the breakdown of rocks?
a. Weathering c. Layering
b. Cementation d. Erosion
 7. Limestone is a sedimentary rock. During the rock cycle, limestone is changed into marble,
a metamorphic rock. The processes that act on limestone and change it into marble are —
a. weathering and erosion.
b. heat and pressure.
c. compacting and cementing.
d. melting, cooling, and hardening.
8. Which type of rock can change into metamorphic rock?
a. igneous rock
b. sedimentary rock
c. metamorphic rock
d. all of the above
9. Sedimentary rocks can be made of particles from which of the following?
a. sedimentary rocks
b. metamorphic rocks
c. igneous rocks
d. all of the above
10. Which type of rock can weather and wear away to form sediment?
a. igneous rock
b. sedimentary rock
c. metamorphic rock
d. all of the above
11. The process in which water, ice, wind and gravity carries particles down and away is called?
a. weathering
b. erosion
c. cementation
d. layering
12. The process in which water, ice, wind, and gravity drop newly formed sediment is called
a. erosion
b. deposition
c. weathering
d. cementation

13. Every year, water fills a small lake in a dry region. After a few weeks, the lake evaporates, leaving behind a
thin layer of crystals that form from minerals dissolved in the lake water. Each year, a new layer is added.
Which type of rock is MOST likely to be formed by this process?
a. igneous c. volcanic
b. metamorphic d. sedimentary

14. A sedimentary rock is most likely to form

a. in the Earth’s mantle c. inside a volcano
b. under moving water d. on a mountain peak

15. Which layer is divided into pieces called tectonic plates?

a. Mantle c. Outer core
 b. Asthenosphere d. Lithosphere
16. According to the theory of plate tectonics, scientists believe tectonic plates float on which layer of the Earth?
a. Oceanic crust
b. Asthenosphere
c. Continental crust
d. Lithosphere

17. Which layer of the Earth is made up of the crust and upper mantle?
a. Lithosphere
b. Mantle
c. Outer Core
d. Asthenosphere

18. The inner core is made of solid iron. It is not melted because of the __________.
a. Light inside the Earth
b. Intense pressure from layers above
c. Heat from the outer core
d. Closeness to the moon

Use the diagram and chart below to answer the question that follows

Layer Thickness
A = Crust 5-100 Km
B = Mantle 3,000 Km
C = Outer Core 2,200 Km
D = Inner Core 1,228 Km

19. Look at the picture of Earth's layers. Which of the following is a limitation of this model of Earth's interior?
a. There should be only two layers.
b. Each layer should have the same thickness.
c. Layer B should be thicker than layer C.
d. Layer A is not the thinnest layer.

20 – 25. Use the words below to label the diagram of the

A. Inner
Earth’s layers. core

B. Outer
2
4
core
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2
C. Mantle

D.
Lithosphere

E.
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1

2
2

26.Which of the following landforms is most likely caused when two tectonic plates meet and push against
each other?
a. Ocean coastlines c. Limestone caves
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b. River valleys 5
d. Mountain ranges

27. Which of the following forces causes mountains to form?

a. ice c. weathering
b. wind d. plate movement