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Rocks/ Rock Cycle Study Guide
1. What are the 3 basic types of rocks? Explain how each of these rocks are formed in
the rock cycle.

2. What is the correct order of the processes (compaction, deposition, erosion,

cementation) that form sedimentary rocks?
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3. What are the 3 different types of sedimentary rocks? Explain the difference
between each type.

4. What geologic event are metamorphic rocks associated with?

5. How and where are intrusive and extrusive rocks formed?

6. What is the difference between coarse-grained and fine-grained?

7. Explain what deformation means

8. To describe a rocks texture, geologists must determine what?

9. What type of rocks would you expect to be near the coast? Why?

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What is the difference between weathering and erosion?

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Are composition and pressure important factors in determining the type of
metamorphic rock that has formed? Why or why not?

12. What is deposition?