Question

Five hundred million years ago, basaltic lava flowed in an area now known as Monticello, the historic home of Thomas Jefferson. Some of this rock has since re-crystallized under intense heat and pressure and then has been eroded by wind and rain. The order of the rock cycle in this case is BEST described as
Responses

A metamorphic, igneous, sedimentary.metamorphic, igneous, sedimentary.

B igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic.igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic.

C igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary.igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary.

D metamorphic, sedimentary, igneous.

Answer 1

C — igneous → metamorphic → sedimentary. Basalt formed from lava (igneous), was re-crystallized by heat and pressure (metamorphic), then eroded into sediments that could become sedimentary rock.