ConcepTest: Dried Fruit-Rock Analogy
This material was originally created for
Starting Point:Introductory Geology
and is replicated here as part of the SERC Pedagogic Service.
and is replicated here as part of the SERC Pedagogic Service.
Question:
Dried (dehydrated) fruit is made by evaporating water under warm temperatures causing the texture of the fruit to change. This could be seen as an analog for the formation of
a. igneous rock
b. metamorphic rock
c. sedimentary rock.
Student Responses:
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