1) A long cylinder of ice obtained from drilling through ice caps or ice sheets; used to study past climates. a) Ice Core b) Igneous c) ice Cube d) Metamorphic 2) a type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface a) Igneous b) Sedimentary c) Metamorphic 3) magma cutting through formed layers of sedimentary rock that then cools and hardens a) Igneous intrusion b) Rock c) Igneous extrusion 4) Rocks that undergo a physical change due to extreme heat and pressure a) Igneous b) Sedimentery c) Metamorpic 5) A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust. a) Lithosphere b) Atmosphere c) Earth 6) Process in which sediment is laid down in new locations. a) Deposition b) Pebbles c) Sedimentery 7) the process by which rocks break down as a result of chemical reactions a) chemical weathering b) mechanical weathering c) Plate Tectonics 8) the breakdown of rock into smaller pieces by physical means such as ice, wind or water a) chemical weathering b) mechanical weathering c) Plate Tectonics 9) A theory stating that the earth's surface is broken into plates that move. a) Plate Tectonics b) Uniformitarianism c) radioactive 10) the largest division of geologic time a) year b) eon c) month

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