ESS 101 LABORATORY 2 PLATE TECTONICS
AND THE ROCK CYCLE EXAM SCRIPT 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ erosion. Answer: Processes by which rock, sand, and soil are
broken down and carried away
◉ deposition. Answer: Process in which sediment is laid down in
new locations.
◉ compaction. Answer: the process by which sediments are pressed
together under their own weight
◉ cementation. Answer: fills the open spaces with various minerals
◉ metamorphism. Answer: the process in which one type of rock
changes into metamorphic rock because of chemical processes or
changes in temperature and pressure
◉ hydrothermal solution. Answer: The hot, watery solution that
escapes from a mass of magma during the later stages of
crystallization. Such solutions are frequently the source of
significant ore deposits
, ◉ crystal. Answer: solid material where the molecules fit together in
a repeating pattern. This pattern causes the material to form all
sorts of unique shapes
◉ mechanical weathering. Answer: breaking down of rocks by
physical forces
◉ chemical weathering. Answer: Is the process by which rocks break
down as a result of chemical reactions
◉ soil horizon. Answer: The layers of soil that differs in color and
texture from the layers above or below it.
◉ soil profile. Answer: All the vertical layers or horizons that make
up a soil in a particular place
◉ mass movement. Answer: Any one of several processes by which
gravity moves sediment downhill.
◉ creep. Answer: slow downslope movement of particles that occurs
on every slope covered with loose, weathered material.
AND THE ROCK CYCLE EXAM SCRIPT 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ erosion. Answer: Processes by which rock, sand, and soil are
broken down and carried away
◉ deposition. Answer: Process in which sediment is laid down in
new locations.
◉ compaction. Answer: the process by which sediments are pressed
together under their own weight
◉ cementation. Answer: fills the open spaces with various minerals
◉ metamorphism. Answer: the process in which one type of rock
changes into metamorphic rock because of chemical processes or
changes in temperature and pressure
◉ hydrothermal solution. Answer: The hot, watery solution that
escapes from a mass of magma during the later stages of
crystallization. Such solutions are frequently the source of
significant ore deposits
, ◉ crystal. Answer: solid material where the molecules fit together in
a repeating pattern. This pattern causes the material to form all
sorts of unique shapes
◉ mechanical weathering. Answer: breaking down of rocks by
physical forces
◉ chemical weathering. Answer: Is the process by which rocks break
down as a result of chemical reactions
◉ soil horizon. Answer: The layers of soil that differs in color and
texture from the layers above or below it.
◉ soil profile. Answer: All the vertical layers or horizons that make
up a soil in a particular place
◉ mass movement. Answer: Any one of several processes by which
gravity moves sediment downhill.
◉ creep. Answer: slow downslope movement of particles that occurs
on every slope covered with loose, weathered material.
