Rock Transformations Chapter Two
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What is weathering?
Breaking down rocks into smaller pieces
(wrong answers:
Moving rocks from place to place,
Melting rock into magma,
Gluing sediments together into rock)
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What is erosion?
Moving rocks.
(wrong answers:
Breaking rocks into smaller pieces,
Melting rock deep underground,
Gluing sediments together to form rock)
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What is energy?
The ability to make things move or change.
(wrong answers:
The amount of matter in an object,
Tiny pieces of rock or sediment,
A force that always pulls objects down)
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Weathering and erosion are powered by what energy source?
Energy from the sun.
(wrong answers:
Energy from the earth’s interior,
Energy from the moon,
Energy from magma chambers)
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Melting rocks is powered by what energy source?
Energy from the earth's interior
(wrong answers:
Energy from the sun,
Energy from wind and water,
Energy from the moon)
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A rock is exposed to energy from the sun. Millions of years later, it is exposed to energy from the Earth's interior. What kind of rock is it (after it cools?)
Igneous rock
(wrong answers:
Sedimentary rock,
Metamorphic rock,
Sediment)
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What is the difference between magma and lava?
Magma is below ground, lava is above ground
(wrong answers:
Magma is above ground, lava is under ground,
Magma is hotter, lava is cooler,
Magma is cooler, lava is hotter)