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1. The seated sculpture of President Lincoln inside the Lincoln Memorial was carved out of white
Georgia marble. What type of rock is marble?
a. Igneous
b. Metamorphic
c. Sedimentary
d. None of the above

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2. What element is missing from this diagram of the rock cycle?

a. Magma
b. Cooling
c. Weathering and erosion
d. Igneous rock
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3. Which of the following is NOT one of the three major classes of rock?
a. Igneous
b. Metamorphic
c. Oceanic
d. Sedimentary
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4. Identify the series of geologic processes that can transform sediment into shale, shale into slate,
and slate into magma.
a. Cooling; melting; heat and pressure
b. Compacting and cementing; heat and pressure;
melting
c. Melting; heat and pressure; cooling
d. Weathering and erosion; compacting and cementing;
cooling

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5. What element is missing from this diagram of the rock cycle?
a. Sedimentary rock
b. Compacting and cementing
c. Melting
d. Metamorphic rock

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6. Which characteristic is common to metamorphic rocks?

a. Fossils
b. Gas bubbles
c. Glassy surface
d. Ribbonlike layers
The correct answer is d) Ribbonlike layers
Review: Chapter 2: Types of Rocks

7. The interrelationship among the three rock types is identified as which of the following?
a. The rock cycle
b. The rock formation
c. The rock helix
d. The rock metamorphosis

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8. What element is missing from this diagram of the rock cycle?

a. Compacting and cementing
b. Sediment
c. Sedimentary rock
d. Weathering and erosion
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9. Which geologic process is illustrated in this animation?

a. Cooling
b. Heat and pressure
c. Melting
d. Weathering and erosion
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10. Identify the series of geologic processes that can transform sandstone into quartzite, quartzite into
magma, and magma into rhyolite.
a. Compacting and cementing; heat and pressure; melting
b. Cooling; melting; heat and pressure
c. Melting; heat and pressure; cooling
d. Heat and pressure; melting; cooling

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11. Which of these statements is true?

a. Weathering and erosion affects all rocks on the earth's
surface
b. Weathering and erosion only affects sedimentary rocks on
the earth's surface
c. Weathering and erosion affects all rocks under the earth's
surface
d. Rocks are unaffected by weathering and erosion

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12. Identify the series of geologic processes that can transform magma into granite, granite into sand,
and sand into sandstone.
a. Cooling; weathering and erosion; compacting and
cementing
b. Melting; heat and pressure; cooling
c. Weathering and erosion; compacting and cementing;
cooling
d. Weathering and erosion; compacting and cementing; heat
and pressure

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13. Which geologic process is illustrated in this animation?

a. Compacting and cementing
b. Cooling
c. Heat and pressure
d. Melting

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14. Which characteristic is found in sedimentary rocks?

a. Crystals
b. Fossils
c. Gas bubbles
d. Glassy surface

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15. Which geologic process can change any type of rock into sediment?
a. Cooling
b. Heat and pressure
c. Melting
d. Weathering and erosion

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