Minerals and Rock Cycle Questions

Which mineral belongs in the same mineral group as quartz and olivine?

• zincite

• willemite

• sphalerite

• smithsonite

Most rock gypsum (sedimentary rock) is formed in

• heating of previously existing foliated bedrock

• cooling and solidification of lava

• compaction and cementation of skeletal remains

• chemical precipitation of minerals from seawater

Which common mineral fizzes when dilute hydrochloric acid (HCl) is placed on it?

• calcite

• feldspar

• quartz

• talc

Which New York State landscape region has surface bedrock composed mostly of intensely metamorphosed rock?

• Adirondack Highlands

• the Catskills

• Erie-Ontario Lowlands

• Tug Hill Plateau

Which mineral has a metallic luster, a black streak, and is an ore of iron?

• galena

• magnetite

• pyroxene

• graphite

Which element combines with silicon to form the tetrahedral unit of structure of the silicate minerals? This is the most abundant element in the crust.

• oxygen

• nitrogen

• potassium

• hydrogen

Which New York landscape region is composed primarily of Cretaceous through Pleistocene unconsolidated sediments?

• Champlain Lowlands

• Erie-Ontario Lowlands

• Hudson-Mohawk Lowlands

• Atlantic Coastal Plain

In which group are all the earth materials classified as minerals?

• feldspar, quartz, and olivine

• granite, rhyolite, and basalt

• cobbles, pebbles, and silt

• conglomerate, sandstone, and shale

Which mineral will scratch glass (hardness = 5.5), but not pyrite?

• gypsum

• fluorite

• orthoclase

• quartz

Metamorphic rocks that formed from these forces are represented by which lettered box in the flowchart?

• A) A

• B) B

• C) E

• D) F