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ConcepTest: Rock Cycle Temperature Profile #6

ConcepTest questions by David McConnell , David Steer , Walter Borowski, Jeffrey Dick, Annabelle Foos, Jeffrey Knott, Alvin Konigsberg, Michelle Malone, Heidi McGrew, Kathie Owens, and Stephen Van Horn

Question:

The graph below illustrates how the temperature changed with time for part of the rock cycle. Which of the following is best represented by the graph?
a. magma forms a plutonic igneous rock that is then uplifted
b. sediment is lithified and then metamorphosed
c. volcanic igneous rock is melted to form new magma
d. plutonic igneous rocks are uplifted and weathered to sediments
e. sediment is lithified to sedimentary rock that is then weathered to form new sediment


Rock Cycle Temperature Profile

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