PRAXIS 5005: Science Exam 2026 Questions and Answers

PRAXIS 5005: Science Exam 2026
Questions and Answers

Igneous Rock - Correct Answer -formed when hot magma cools beneath the

ground

or

lava cools above the ground

forms crystal like/ glassy rocks




ex: granite, pumus, basalt

Sedimentary Rock - Correct Answer -Changed by pressure

does not involve heat

Usually near water/ involves water

sometimes contain fossils




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, forms from previously weathered and erroted material which may have been

igneous, sedimentary, rock metamorphic rock.




ex: dolemite, limestone, sandstone

Metamorphic Rock - Correct Answer -Has been changed by great heat and

pressure

altered, partially remelted

ex: slate, marble

Plate tectonic theory - Correct Answer -Lithosphere is made up of major and minor

plates

Sit on viscous (thick fluid) part and move with it

Three types of plate boundaires - Correct Answer -1. Transform boundaries: they

slide past each other causing friction/ earthquakes

2. Divergent boundaries: two plates that pull away from each other/ creates new

crust

3. Convergent boundaries: plates push into each other/ one goes under called

subduction


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