Earth Cycles The Rock Cycle: Uniformitarianism and recycling by Anne E. Egger, Ph.D. Reading Quiz Teach with this 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 Score Quiz