Rocks NYS ESRT Review

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

• glassy

• vesicular

• fine grained

• coarse grained

Most rocks that form from fragmental rock particles are classified as

• extrusive igneous

• intrusive igneous

• clastic sedimentary

• chemical sedimentary

Soil that contains large quantities of calcium was most likely formed by the weathering of

• rock salt

• quartzite

• coal

• limestone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The chemical precipitation of dissolved minerals from ocean water results in the formation of

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• fine-grained igneous rock

• coarse-grained igneous rock

Rocks whose crystals interlock with one another

• Clastic

• Crystalline

• Ore

• Strata

Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface

• Ore

• Lava

• Magma

• Mineral

A succession of several layers or beds together

• Strata

• Weathering

• Bedding

• Vesicles

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Sedimentary rock (such as coal) formed from carbon-rich relicts of organisms

• Chemical Sedimentary Rock

• Organic Sedimentary Rock

• Intrusive

• Extrusive

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The transformation of loose sediment into solid rock through compaction and cementation

• Foliation

• Metamorphism

• Weathering

• Lithification

Open holes in igneous rock formed by the preservation of bubbles in magma as the magma cools into solid rock

• Strata

• Ore

• Foliation

• Vesicles