Rock and Mineral Review 2

Rock X is most likely

• breccia

• slate

• metaconglomerate

• vesicular basalt

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What is the texture of an igneous rock formed from magma that cooled slowly deep underground?

• nonvesicular and coarse

• nonvesicular and glassy

• vesicular and fine

• vesicular and very coarse

Which medium-grain-sized metamorphic rock is composed mostly of the same mineral as the sedimentary rock limestone?

• gneiss

• marble

• quartzite

• schist

Which mineral is commonly used as the “lead” in pencils?

• pyrite

• graphite

• galena

• fluorite

Which two rocks contain the mineral quartz?

• gabbro and schist

• dunite and sandstone

• granite and gneiss

• pumice and scoria

The photograph shows the mineral muscovite mica. Which physical property can be observed in this photograph?

• cleavage

• hardness

• magnetism

• streak

Which rock will weather at the fastest rate when exposed to acid rain?

• granite

• limestone

• gneiss

• quartzite

What is the texture of inorganic land-derived sedimentary rocks?

• bioclastic

• crystalline

• clastic

• vesicular

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The photograph shows a magnified view of a portion of a rock that can float if placed in water. Which terms best describe this rock?

• non-crystalline and vesicular

• coarse and non-vesicular

• clastic and fragmental

• foliated and banded

Which rock has never melted, but was produced by great heat and pressure, which distorted and rearranged its minerals?

• siltstone

• breccias

• pegmatite

• metaconglomerate