Rock & Mineral Unit Exam Review

Which rock is composed of a mineral that can be used for furnace bricks?

• granite

• limestone

• dunite

• quartzite

Which processes would produce the rock schist?

• weathering and eroion

• heat and pressure

• cooling and solidification

• compaction and cementation

Which list shows minerals in the rock gabbro?

• potassium feldspar and pyroxene

• biotite and quartz

• calcite and olivine

• pyroxene and plagioclase feldspar

Which rock would be the best source of the mineral calcite?

• sandstone

• marble

• granite

• rock salt

Which mineral might scratch galena, but would not scratch olivine?

• fluorite

• graphite

• garnet

• talc

Which mineral shows a different color from the color in the powdered form?

• magnetite

• pyrite

• sulfur

Which rock was exposed to intense heat and pressure but did not solidify from magma?

• sandstone

• gabbro

• marble

• pegmatite

The igneous rock rhyolite most likely formed from molten material that cooled

• rapidly at Earth's surface

• slowly at Earth's surface

• rapidly, deep underground

• slowly, deep underground

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Which two elements make up the greatest percentages by mass in Earth's crust?

• oxygen and potassium

• oxygen and silicon

• aluminum and potassium

• aluminum and silicon

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Which rock is composed of the mineral dolomite that formed when seawater evaporated?

• shale

• rock salt

• dolostone

• limestone