Author Question: An igneous rock is weathered down to rock fragments; what happens to the fragments? A) They ... (Read 49 times)

tth · **on:** Jul 16, 2018

An igneous rock is weathered down to rock fragments; what happens to the fragments?

A) They undergo lithification to form sedimentary rocks.
B) They are transported and deposited into sediment banks, then undergoing lithification to form sedimentary rock.
C) They experience intense heat and pressure to form metamorphic rock.
D) They melt to form new igneous rock.

Question 2

How did a coarse-grained inclusion that erupted from a volcano form by internal processes?

A) The material was precipitated from groundwater.
B) Intense heat and pressure formed the metamorphic rock in the inclusion.
C) Cooling lava erupted from a volcano.
D) Coarser rocks form from the slow solidification of magma beneath Earth's surface.