rocks

Rocks that Rock

by Nikkole Wowaka

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Select the 3 main rock types

• cementation

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• static

• igneous

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The three groups of rocks are classified by

• How they form
• Color
• Grain size
• Chemical Composition

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What is aboveground molten rock?

• Extrusive

• Magma

• Lava

• Sedimentary

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High silica content in magma=

• Darker-colored rock

• Lighter-colored rock

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High or Low Silica?

• high
• low

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How does pressure change with depth?

• It decreases

• It does not change

• It increases

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The temperature when a solid changes to a liquid - 

• melting point
• freezing point
• boiling point

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How does higher water content affect the rock's melting point?

• Water lower's the rock's melting point

• Water raises the rock's melting point

• Water actually has no affect on melting point

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The process by which atoms are arranged to form a material with a crystal structure is known as...

• Crystallization
• Geodes
• Formation from Magma and Lava
• Formation from Solutions

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Which of the following is NOT a way that minerals form?

• Formation from magma
• Formation from lava
• Formation from solutions
• Formation from crystallization

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Not all minerals crystallize at the same time. What is this called?

• fractional crystallization
• partial crystallization
• porphyritic crystallization
• total crystallization

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If an igneous rock forms with lots of space and over a long period of time, what will the rock have?

• no mineral crystals
• smaller crystals
• both small and large crystals
• larger crystals

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What is molten rock deep inside of Earth?

• Magma
• Lava

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What is molten rock that has reached Earth's surface?

• Magma
• Lava

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Minerals help to create aluminum, iron, copper, and silver.  These are known as...

• Gemstones
• Metals
• Ore
• Geodes

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Igneous Rocks form by what process?

• Weathering 
• Metamorphism
• Crystallization
• Evaporation

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A rock that contains a metal or other useful mineral is known as...

• Gemstones
• Metals
• Ore
• Geodes

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A rounded, hollow rock that is often lined with crystals is known as...

• Gemstones
• Metals
• Ore
• Geodes

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As lava cools and crystallizes, what type of rock will form?

• Sedimentary
• Metamorphic
• Extrusive Igneous
• Intrusive Igneous

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What category of igneous rock has two different sizes of crystals?

• glassy
• aphanitic/extrusive
• phaneritic/intrusive
• porphyritic

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Describe the texture of the following igneous rock.

• glassy

• rough

• vesicular

• coarse

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light colored, high silica content

• ultrabasic

• intermediate

• granitic

• basaltic

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Bands of crystals formed at the end of rock crystallization that fill any cracks in the rock

• Veins

• Phenocrysts

• Ground mass

• Vesicles

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What factors can lead to the formation of a sedimentary rock?

• melting and solidification

• extreme heat and pressure

• compaction and cementation

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Select the two types of weathering

• manual

• chemical

• physical

• glacial

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select all that are major agents of erosion

• glaciers

• water

• dust

• gravity

• wind

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when sediment settles

• erosion

• weathering

• deposition

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The ridge of sediments from X to Y can best be described as

• sorted and deposited by ice

• sorted and deposited by melt water

• unsorted and deposited by ice

• unsorted and deposited by meltwater

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transforms sediments into sedimentary rock with increasing temperature, pressure and burial

• melting

• lithification

• transportation

• uplift

• weathering and erosion

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Which process squeezes sediment into a smaller volume?

• Compaction

• Cementation

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This rock was formed by smaller pieces of rock that settled at the bottom of a lake millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Metamorphic

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What are the types of sedimentary rock?

• Igneous; Metamorphic; Sedimentary

• Clastic; Igneous; Sedimentary

• Chemical; Clastic; Inorganic

• Organic; Clastic; Chemical

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This rock is made of large bits of gravel cemented together. What type of sedimentary rock is it?

• Clastic
• Chemical
• Organic

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which type of clastic sedimentary rock is this?

• Coarse grained

• medium grained

• fine grained

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which type of rock is most likely to contain fossils

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

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How do metamorphic rocks form? 

• Heat and Pressure
• Compaction & Cementation
• Cooling of Magma
• Sediments & Glue

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when pressure is applied on both sides

• Foliated

• Nonfoliated

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low temperature and low pressure leads to

• low grade

• intermediate grade

• high grade

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The deeper a rock is buried, the greater the pressure is on it

• True 
• False

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Where do we usually find regional metamorphism?

• ocean floor
• mountain
• plate boundaries
• deserts

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__________ metamorphism occurs when magma heats the surrounding rock and changes it.

• Regional
• Forced
• Igneotrophic
• Contact

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__________ metamorphism occurs when rock formations in the crust collide and build pressure

• Regional
• Forced
• Igneotrophic
• Contact

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Metamorphic rocks form from ___.

• igneous rocks
• other metamorphic rocks
• sedimentary rocks
• all types of rocks

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True or False: Once a rock is sedimentary, it cannot become an igneous rock.

• True
• False

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What are the 3 major types of rocks?

• Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
• Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation
• Brown, Red, Gray
• Streak, Hardness, Breakage

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Sedimentary rocks are represented by which letter? 

• A
• C
• B

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Where does the cycle begin?

• A
• B
• C
• There is no one starting point since it is a cycle. 

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Before a rock turns back to Igneous, it has to go through which stage? 

• 2
• 3
• 6
• 10

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What two numbers indicate weathering and erosion? 

• 1,6
• 4,5
• 9,10
• 3,6