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WorksheetsCH 6 Homework
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
In which rock would you most likely find fossils?
a)
granite
b)
obsidian
c)
shale
d)
gneiss
2.
The process in which one type of rock changes into another type of rock because of chemical processes or changes in temperature and pressure is called ___.
a)
sedimentation
b)
metamorphism
c)
melting and cooling
d)
eruption
3.
Which of the following is NOT a class of clastic rock
a)
fossil
b)
sandstone
c)
conglomerate
d)
shale
4.
Which of the following is NOT a class of sedimentary rock?
a)
volcanic
b)
chemical
c)
organic
d)
clastic
5.
The series of changes that describes how geologic forces cause rock to change from one type to another is known as ___.
a)
Bowen's reaction series
b)
Mohs hardness scale
c)
the rock cycle
d)
fractional crystallization
6.
Which of the following is NOT an example of an extrusion?
a)
volcano
b)
batholith
c)
volcanic neck
d)
lava plateau
7.
Sedimentary rock that is made up of rock fragments that become compacted or cemented together is ___.
a)
clastic
b)
organic
c)
inorganic
d)
chemical
8.
What type of sedimentary rock is formed from minerals that were once dissolved in water?
a)
clastic
b)
organic
c)
inorganic
d)
chemical
9.
Which of the following is an example of a nonfoliated rock?
a)
slate
b)
schist
c)
quartzite
d)
lava
10.
Which of the following is NOT a foliated rock?
a)
marble
b)
gneiss
c)
schist
d)
slate
11.
What type of rock texture results when extreme pressure causes minerals to realign, or when minerals separate out into light and dark bands?
a)
mafic
b)
foliated
c)
felsic
d)
nonfoliated
12.
Layers and beds of sedimentary rock are examples of ___.
a)
sandstone
b)
massive beds
c)
stratification
d)
sea beds
13.
A lava flow is a type of ___.
a)
intrusion
b)
extrusion
c)
dike
d)
sill
14.
Which of the following is NOT an example of an intrusion?
a)
volcano
b)
batholith
c)
laccolith
d)
sill
15.
The name for this type of rock means "changed form."
a)
igneous
b)
sedimentary
c)
metamorphic
d)
sandstone
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