ES Unit 2 Test Review

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

• siltstone

• pegmatite

• schist

• breccia

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

• coarse and non-vesicular

• non-crystalline and vesicular

• clastic and fragmental

• foliated and banded

Which two rocks contain the mineral quartz?

• gabbro and schist

• dunite and sandstone

• granite and gneiss

• pumice and scoria

One difference between a breccia rock and a conglomerate rock is that the particles in a breccia rock are

• more angular

• more rounded

• harder

• land derived

If a metamorphic rock bubbles when a drop of acid is placed on its surface, the rock is most likely

• quartzite

• schist

• marble

• slate

Which chemical formula represents the mineral that exhibits fracture, not cleavage?

• Mg3Si4O10(OH)2

• (Fe,Mg)2SiO4

• NaCl

• CaCO3

The photograph below shows bedrock composed of SEDIMENTS that have been deposited by wind. This bedrock is most likely

• Granite

• Bituminous coal

• Hornfels

• Sandstone

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The map below shows the locations of some oil and gas fields in New York State. Which type of bedrock contains these oil and gas deposits?

• extrusive igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• intrusive igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

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The photograph below shows conglomerate composed of pebbles cemented together with calcite. Compared to the ages of the calcite cement and the conglomerate rock itself, the relative age of the pebbles is

• younger than both the calcite cement and the conglomerate

• older than the calcite cement, but the same age as the conglomerate

• younger than the calcite cement, but the same age as the conglomerate

• older than both the calcite cement and the conglomerate

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Which rock is an evaporite?

• shale

• phyllite

• marble

• rock gypsum