GEOLOGY 1010 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 2026 VERIFIED.
D)Meteorite - ANS Which of the following is NOT one of the main families of rocks in the rock
cycle?
a)Sedimentary
b)Igneous
c)Metamorphic
d)Meteorite
d)at any point after burial - ANS Uplift can occur during the rock cycle:
a)only after deformation and metamorphism
b) only after melting and solidification
c)only after metamorphism or solidification
d)at any point after burial
d)intense squeezing from tectonic forces - ANS Which of the following is NOT an environment
in which an igneous rock forms?
a)explosive eruption of volcanic ash
b)cooling and solidificaiton of lava
c)solidification of magma at depth
d)intense squeezing from tectonic forces
e)all of these are environments that form igneous rocks.
,c)heating next to magma - ANS Which of the following is NOT a typical environment in which
a sedimentary rock forms?
a)besides glaciers
b)river channels
c)heating next to magma
d)deep seafloor
e)shoreline of a lake
c)Magma - ANS Which of the following would NOT be directly involved in forming a
sedimentary rock (weathering, transport, or burial)?
a)Wind
b)Gravity
c)Magma
d)Water Currents
c)deposition and burial - ANS According to the rock cycle, sediment that is being transported
by a river could become a metamorphic rock after:
a)uplift and weathering
b)melting and solidification
c)deposition and burial
d)solidification and uplift
a)active volcano
b)magma chamber - ANS Which of the following locations would form igneous rock?
a)active volcano
b)magma chamber
c)mountain stream
d)mouth of river at delta
, e)bottom of ocean near continent
f)>20km bellow crust
f)>20km bellow crust - ANS Which of the following locations would form a metamorphic rock
a)active volcano
b)magma chamber
c)mountain stream
d)mouth of river at delta
e)bottom of ocean near continent
f)>20km bellow crust
c)mountain stream - ANS Which of the following locations would the weathering of bedrock
(e.g. granite or hard rock) dominate?
a)active volcano
b)magma chamber
c)mountain stream
d)mouth of river at delta
e)bottom of ocean near continent
f)>20km bellow crust
d)mouth of river at delta
e)bottom of ocean near continent - ANS Which of the following best indicates the location(s)
where sediment is deposited but not eroded?
a)active volcano
b)magma chamber
c)mountain stream
d)mouth of river at delta
e)bottom of ocean near continent
f)>20km bellow crust
AND ANSWERS 2026 VERIFIED.
D)Meteorite - ANS Which of the following is NOT one of the main families of rocks in the rock
cycle?
a)Sedimentary
b)Igneous
c)Metamorphic
d)Meteorite
d)at any point after burial - ANS Uplift can occur during the rock cycle:
a)only after deformation and metamorphism
b) only after melting and solidification
c)only after metamorphism or solidification
d)at any point after burial
d)intense squeezing from tectonic forces - ANS Which of the following is NOT an environment
in which an igneous rock forms?
a)explosive eruption of volcanic ash
b)cooling and solidificaiton of lava
c)solidification of magma at depth
d)intense squeezing from tectonic forces
e)all of these are environments that form igneous rocks.
,c)heating next to magma - ANS Which of the following is NOT a typical environment in which
a sedimentary rock forms?
a)besides glaciers
b)river channels
c)heating next to magma
d)deep seafloor
e)shoreline of a lake
c)Magma - ANS Which of the following would NOT be directly involved in forming a
sedimentary rock (weathering, transport, or burial)?
a)Wind
b)Gravity
c)Magma
d)Water Currents
c)deposition and burial - ANS According to the rock cycle, sediment that is being transported
by a river could become a metamorphic rock after:
a)uplift and weathering
b)melting and solidification
c)deposition and burial
d)solidification and uplift
a)active volcano
b)magma chamber - ANS Which of the following locations would form igneous rock?
a)active volcano
b)magma chamber
c)mountain stream
d)mouth of river at delta
, e)bottom of ocean near continent
f)>20km bellow crust
f)>20km bellow crust - ANS Which of the following locations would form a metamorphic rock
a)active volcano
b)magma chamber
c)mountain stream
d)mouth of river at delta
e)bottom of ocean near continent
f)>20km bellow crust
c)mountain stream - ANS Which of the following locations would the weathering of bedrock
(e.g. granite or hard rock) dominate?
a)active volcano
b)magma chamber
c)mountain stream
d)mouth of river at delta
e)bottom of ocean near continent
f)>20km bellow crust
d)mouth of river at delta
e)bottom of ocean near continent - ANS Which of the following best indicates the location(s)
where sediment is deposited but not eroded?
a)active volcano
b)magma chamber
c)mountain stream
d)mouth of river at delta
e)bottom of ocean near continent
f)>20km bellow crust
