Unit 2- Rocks and Minerals

Multiple Choice

Which would most likely cause molten rock material to become a glassy igneous rock?

• cooling over a long period of time

• cooling under high pressure

• cooling on the earth's surface 

• cooling at great depth within the earth

Multiple Choice

Determine the texture of the metamorphic rock:

• Foliated

• Non-Foliated

Multiple Choice

Determine the texture of the metamorphic rock:

• Foliated

• Non-Foliated

Multiple Choice

Rock subjected to direct pressures and high temperatures from mountain building deform in a process known as:

• Regional metamporhism

• Contact metamorphism

Match

Match the following

Marble

Gneiss

Quartzite

Slate

Schist

• Marble

• Gneiss

• Quartzite

• Slate

• Schist

Multiple Choice

All rocks form deep beneath Earth's surface.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Some rocks are made up of materials from living things.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Examples of intrusive igneous rock are _ and _.

• basalt / andesite

• granite / diorite

• obsidian / diorite

Multiple Choice

_ and _ are coarse-grained clastic sedimentary rocks.

• granite / limestone

• sandstone / obsidian

• breccia / conglomerate

Multiple Choice

This rock is made up entirely of cemented marine shells.

• Limestone

• Coquina

• Slate

• Shale

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Multiple Choice

Coal is made of

• Plants

• Sediments

• Crystals

• Dirt

• Seashells

Multiple Choice

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

• Clastic
• Chemical
• Organic

Multiple Choice

Describe the texture of breccia.

• vesicular

• clastic

• crystalline

• bioclastic

Multiple Choice

Describe the texture of dolostone.

• clastic

• bioclastic

• glassy

• crystalline

Multiple Choice

What is the chemical composition of Bituminous Coal?

• Sandstone

• Carbon

• Crystals

• Breccia

Fill in the Blanks

Name the 5 inorganic land derived sedimentary rocks in order from largest grain size to smallest grain size.

Multiple Choice

Fossils are only found in sedimentary rocks.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

According to ESRT's, which rock is of felsic composition, low density, light in color, and coarse grained?

• rhyolite

• basalt

• granite

• gabbro

Multiple Choice

How is crystal size related to the rate a molten material cools

• the faster it cools the smaller the crystal
• the faster it cools the larger the crystal
• the slower it cools  the smaller the crystal

Multiple Choice

Intrusive rocks are coarse grained

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

How do metamorphic rocks form? 

• Heat and Pressure

• Compaction & Cementation

• Cooling of Magma

• Sediments & Glue

Multiple Choice

The process by which igneous rocks are formed...

• heat and pressure

• melting and cooling

• compaction and cementation

Multiple Choice

Igneous rocks form from

• Heat and Pressure

• Melting and Solidification

• Compaction and Cementation

• Weathering and Erosion

Multiple Choice

Sedimentary rocks form from

• Compaction and Cementation

• Melting and Solidifcation

• Weathering and Erosion

• Heat and Pressure

Multiple Choice

Sediments are formed from

• Compaction and Cementation

• Weathering and Erosion

• Melting and Solification

• Heat and Pressure

Multiple Choice

What is the LEAST useful way to identify a mineral?

• luster

• streak

• color

• density

Multiple Choice

Which type of rock most likely contains fossils?

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

Multiple Choice

What is one way that is NOT a way to identify a mineral?

• Color

• Taste

• Using the MOHS hardness scale

Multiple Choice

Which type of igneous rock has small, fine grains?

• Extrusive

• Intrusive

• Crystals

Multiple Choice

A naturally occurring substance that can form rocks.

• Mineral

• Nutrient

• Substance