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Self Assessment: The Rock Cycle

6. What is the natural process that breaks down minerals and rocks into simpler materials?

a) sedimentation

b) deposition

c) erosion

d) weathering

7. Deposition, compaction, and cementation are all steps in the formation of which type of rock?

a) intrusive igneous

b) sedimentary

c) extrusive igneous

d) metamorphic

8. Which two factors drive most processes in the rock cycle?

a) subduction and volcanic eruption

b) meteor bombardment and evaporation

c) plate tectonics and solar energy

d) wind and precipitation

9. What process is responsible for sediments being glued together?

a) compaction

b) cogeneration

c) cementation

d) metamorphism

10. Obsidian is an igneous rock that forms when lava comes in contact with water. As a result of this process,

_____.

a) it cools quickly, and large crystals form

b) it cools quickly, and no crystals form

c) it cools slowly, and small crystals form

d) it cools slowly, and no crystals form

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