Quiz about Rock Identification

Question 1

This rock

Accepted Answer

Pumice

Answer

obsidian

Answer

Granite

Answer

Limestone

Question 2

This rock

Accepted Answer

Obsidian

Answer

Basalt

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granite

Answer

pumice

Question 3

This rock

Accepted Answer

Granite

Answer

Pumice

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Feldspar

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quartz

Question 4

This rock

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Igneous

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sedimentary

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metamorphic

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limestone

Question 5

This rock

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metamorphic

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igneous

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sedimentary

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sinking

Question 6

Is this rock?

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Foliated

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Non-foliated

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none

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none

Question 7

What type of rock

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Sedimentary

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Metamorphic

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Igneous

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Foliated

Question 8

How many different types of rocks are their? (Identifications)

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3

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1

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2

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4

Question 9

What are the 3 identifications called?

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Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary.

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Igbeous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary.

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Igneous, Metaporphic, Sedimentary.

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Igneoup, Metamorphic, Sedimentary.

Question 10

What type of identification rock has fossils?

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Sedimentary

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SedimentAru

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Metamorphic

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Igneous

Question 11

What type of rock is formed from lava?

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Igneous

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Igneoum

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Ignout

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Sedimentary

Question 12

This rock cooled on the outside of a volcano and contained air bubbles when it was forming. What type of rock is this?

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Igneous

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Sedimentary

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Metamorphic

Question 13

This rock was molten lava that cooled quickly as it came out of a volcano. What type of rock is this?

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Igneous

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Sedimentary

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Metamorphic

Question 14

This rock was found near the mouth of a volcano. What type of rock is this?

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Igneous

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Sedimentary

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Metamorphic

Question 15

This rock is made from tiny pieces of other rocks that settled to the bottom of a valley millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?

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Sedimentary

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Igneous

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Metamorphic

Question 16

This rock started as lava that cooled and then was heated and put under pressure over time. What type of rock is this?

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Metamorphic

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Sedimentar

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Igneous

Question 17

After lots of time, pressure, and heat, you get this kind of rock. What type of rock is this?

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Metamorphic

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Sedimentary

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Igneous

Question 18

This rock formed when bits of other rocks became pressed into a solid. What type of rock is it?

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Sedimentary Rock

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Metamorphic Rock

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Igneous Rock

Question 19

What is happening in the picture.

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A volcano erupts and igneous rock breaks apart from weathering, erosion and deposition, becoming sedimentary rock.

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A volcano erupts and the sedimentary rock becomes igneous rock, when it cools.

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Metamorphic rock is formed underground from extreme heat and cools and crystallizes into igneous rock.

Question 20

Rock Name

Accepted Answer

Scoria

Answer

Basalt

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Andesite

Answer

Gabbro

Question 21

Rock Name

Accepted Answer

Granite

Answer

Basalt

Answer

Scoria

Answer

Andesite

Question 22

Rock Name

Accepted Answer

Basalt

Answer

Gabbro

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Basalt Porphyry

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Scoria

Question 23

Rock Name

Accepted Answer

Gabbro

Answer

Basalt

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Basalt Porphyry

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Scoria

Question 24

Is this metamorphic rock foliated or non foliated?

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Foliated

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Non foliated

Question 25

Basalt, the rock shown here, is a form of igneous rock that has small crystal sizes, a fine or even texture and has cooled above ground. It is

Accepted Answer

extrusive

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intrusive

Question 26

This is conglomerate.  It looks sort of like exposed aggregate driveways.  How can you tell this is a sedimentary rock?

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it looks like pieces of other rock stuck together

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it has a smooth and layered texture

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it is nonfoliated with large crystals

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<div>it's color</div>

Question 27

Before you get igneous rock, _______ must cool and crystalize.

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magma

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sediments

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metamorphic rocks

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sedimentary rocks

Question 28

This is diorite, an igneous rock.  How can you tell that it cooled slowly underground and so must be intrusive igneous?

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it has large, coarse crystal

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It has banded stripes

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it is clearly deformed

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it was found next to a volcano

Question 29

This is a striped, or banded, metamorphic rock. Which type is it?

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foliated

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nonfoliated

Question 30

Gneiss is the metamorphic rock that is produced when granite is subjected to extreme

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heat and pressure

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cold

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age

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time

Question 31

What kind of rock has this sort of wiggly stripes in it?

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foliated metamorphic

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clastic sedimentary

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intrusive igneous

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native minerals

Question 32

This metamorphic rock is

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nonfoliated

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foliated

Question 33

How do I know this is an organic sedimentary rock?

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it has fossils

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it has large crystals

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it has a glassy texture

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it has a grey color

Question 34

This is pumice.  It is the only rock that floats.  It has a bubbled texture.  What kind of rock cools so fast the air bubbles stay?

Accepted Answer

extrusive igneous

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foliated metamorphic

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nonfoliated metamorphic

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intrusive igneous

Question 35

__________  metamorphic rocks have mineral grains that are not arranged in distinct bands.

Accepted Answer

Non-foliated

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Conglomerate

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Foliated

Answer

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