Geological Processes and Energy Sources in the Rock Cycle

Questions

1. MultiChoice

   What are the two primary sources of energy driving Earth's rock cycle?

2. MultiChoice

   How does solar energy power surface processes in the rock cycle?

3. MultiChoice

   How does Earth's internal heat drive internal geological processes?

4. MultiChoice

   What happens to tectonic plates at subduction zones during crust recycling?

5. MultiChoice

   What process brings buried deep underground rocks up to Earth's surface?

6. MultiChoice

   How does plate tectonics contribute to metamorphic rock formation?

7. MultiChoice

   What geological processes wear down high mountain peaks over millions of years?

8. MultiChoice

   Where is new oceanic igneous crust continuously created from cooling magma?

9. MultiChoice

   What eventually happens to ocean sediments deposited in subduction trenches?

10. MultiChoice

    How does gravity assist the external processes of the rock cycle?

11. MultiChoice

    Which process balances mountain building and tectonic uplift on Earth?

12. MultiChoice

    Why is the rock cycle considered a continuous dynamic system?