Rocks & Minerals Test Review

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The three groups of rocks are classified by: How they form, Color, Grain size, Chemical Composition

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How they form

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Fossils are only found in which type of rocks? Options: Sedimentary rocks, Foliated Metamorphic rocks, Igneous Rocks, Nonfoliated Metamorphic rocks

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Sedimentary rocks

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This is the continuous process of rock changing from one type to another.

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Rock Cycle

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Environment of formation for igneous rock with grain size > 10 mm.

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intrusive

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Environment of formation for igneous rock with grain size < 1 mm?

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above ground

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The size of crystals in Igneous Rocks depends upon

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cooling rate

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This igneous rock is: obsidian, basalt, pumice, granite

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obsidian

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Do glassy textured rocks cool slowly?

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False

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Fossils are only found in sedimentary rocks.

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True

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Which texture best describes this metamorphic rock? Options: porphyritic, nonfoliated, foliated, clastic

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foliated