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WorksheetsMinerals & Rocks
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What type of rock is this?
a)
Igneous
b)
Sedimentary
c)
Metamorphic
2.
What type of rock is this?
a)
Metamorphic
b)
Igneous
c)
Sedimentary
3.
What type of texture does this show?
a)
Glassy
b)
Inter-grown Crystals
c)
Compacted Sediments
d)
Foliation
4.
What type of rock is this?
a)
Igneous
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Sedimentary
5.
How would you describe this texture?
a)
Glassy
b)
Compacted Sediments
c)
Foliation
d)
Fossils
6.
What type of rock is this?
a)
Igneous
b)
Sedimentary
c)
Metamorphic
7.
Describe this texture.
a)
Interlocking Crystals
b)
Vesicular
c)
Compacted sediments
d)
Foliation
8.
Using Your ESRT. Name a mineral that is mined for its iron content.
a)
Galena
b)
Pyrite
c)
Magnetite
d)
Sulfur
9.
What are the two most abundant elements in Earth's Crust?
a)
Nitrogen & Oxygen
b)
Potassium & Silicon
c)
Silicon & Oxygen
d)
Nitrogen & Potassium
10.
Which rock is formed when sea water evaporates?
a)
limestons
b)
Rock Salt
c)
Rock Gypsum
d)
Dolostone
11.
What mineral can you find in granite, andesite, gneiss, and hornfels?
a)
quartz
b)
pyroxene
c)
olivine
d)
biotite mica
12.
What gives a mineral its specific properties?
a)
its hardness
b)
the internal arrangement of atoms
c)
energy released during crystallization
d)
light being reflected
13.
A rock formed by compaction and cementation will produce a
a)
metamorphic rock
b)
igneous rock
c)
sedimentary rock
14.
Which rock would be formed by melting and solidification?
a)
Gneiss
b)
Schist
c)
Slate
d)
Granite
15.
How must this rock have formed?
a)
cooled quickly, at earth's surface
b)
cooled slowly, at earth's surface
c)
cooled quickly, below earth's surface
d)
cooled slowly, below earth's surface
16.
Intrusive igneous rocks are described to have
a)
coarse grains
b)
very coarse grains
c)
fine grained
d)
foliated
17.
What type of rock exhibits banding?
a)
Gneiss
b)
Schist
c)
Phyllite
d)
Slate
18.
Clastic sedimentary rocks are classified based on their
a)
composition
b)
particle size
c)
density
d)
cement
19.
What type of rock will fossils be found?
a)
Igneous
b)
Sedimentary
c)
Metamorphic
20.
How does a metamorphic rock form?
a)
heat and pressure
b)
compaction and cememtation
c)
melting and solidification
d)
melting and pressure
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