The Rock Cycle | Earth Science | Quiz

Which of the following processes involved in the rock cycle is most active in the below picture of the Bisti Badlands?

metamorphism

erosion

uplift

deposition
If a sedimentary rock is NOT immediately uplifted, which of the following is most likely to happen?

weathering

melting

metamorphism

nothing
Which of the following locations describes one example of a place where igneous rocks are forming?

in a streambed near a volcano

on the surface of the sea floor

everywhere beneath the earth's surface

within the crust below an active volcano
Any kind of rock can melt to form magma.

true

false
Which of the following processes in the rock cycle involve water?

cementation

erosion

weathering

all of the choices
What kind of rock is forming in the picture below?

extrusive igneous

intrusive igneous

metamorphic

sedimentary
James Hutton's ideas about uniformitarianism and the rock cycle initially met resistance among scientists of the time because

He didn't explain his ideas very well

most people didn't believe that Earth was millions of years old.

no one understood how heat was generated in Earth's core.

all of the choices
The principle of uniformitarianism is best described by which of the following statements?

Earth has remained uniform since its beginning

All changes on Earth happen at a uniform rate.

Any process that happens now also could have happened in the past.

Earth's internal heat supplies all of the energy for change on the surface.
All of the processes involved in the rock cycle occur too slowly for humans to see.

true

false