Rocks and Minerals Regents Review

Which type of rock is most likely to contain fossils?

• granite

• shale

• gneiss

• metaconglomerate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What are the two most abundant elements by mass found in Earth's crust?

• Al and Fe

• Na and Cl

• Ca and C

• O and Si

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Rocks can be classified as sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic based primarily upon differences in their

• color

• density

• age

• origin

Which sedimentary rocks are clastic and consist of particles that have diameters smaller than 0.006 centimeter?

• conglomerate and sandstone

• siltstone and shale

• bituminous coal and breccia

• fossil limestone and chemical limestone

The minerals talc, muscovite mica, quartz, and olivine are similar because they

• have the same hardness

• are the same color

• contain silicon and oxygen

• break along cleavage planes

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Which material is made mostly of the mineral quartz?

• sulfuric acid

• pencil lead

• plaster of paris

• window glass

Which rock is composed of a mineral that can be used for the production of cement?

• limestone

• rock gypsum

• basalt

• rock salt

Which texture best describes an igneous rock that formed deep underground?

• glassy

• fine grained

• vesicular

• coarse grained

A nonvesicular rock is made entirely of green 2-millimeter-diameter crystals that have a hardness of 6.5 and show fracture, but not cleavage. The rock is most likely

• phyllite

• dunite

• shale

• schist

Which sedimentary rock may have both a chemical origin and an organic origin?

• limestone

• shale

• rock gypsum

• schist