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Formation of Rocks (Cambridge (CIE) IGCSE Environmental Management): Exam Questions

Exam code: 0680

9 mins5 questions
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1 mark

Figure 1.1 represents the rock cycle.

Rock-cycle diagram with rocks A (top), B (right) and C (left). Arrows show C to A and B to A: “melting and cooling”; A to B: “heat and pressure”; A to C and B to C: “erosion”; C to B: “process X”.
Figure 1.1

Identify the rock, A, B or C, that represents igneous rocks in Figure 1.1.

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1 mark

Figure 1.1 represents the rock cycle.

Rock cycle diagram: rock A at top, rock B lower right and rock C lower left. Arrows label melting and cooling C to A and B to A, heat and pressure A to B, erosion A to C and B to C, and process X C to B.
Figure 1.1

In Figure 1.1, process X changes rock C into rock B.

Circle the correct description of process X.

erosion

heat and pressure

melting and cooling

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3 marks

Figure 1.2 shows terms used in the rock cycle and their descriptions.

Matching exercise: terms are crystallisation, cementation, erosion and weathering; descriptions cover cooling, transport, compaction, weathering, mineral joining and deposition in layers. Crystallisation is linked to “molten rock cools and solidifies”.
Figure 1.2

Draw one line from each term to its correct description.

One line has been done for you.

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2 marks

Most sedimentary rocks are permeable.

Define permeability.

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5
2 marks

Most sedimentary rocks are permeable.

Name a sedimentary rock that is:

permeable

impermeable

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