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Are you ready for the Rocks Test?

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A piece of igneous rock called granite was broken apart by water in a river. The sediment was carried all the way to the ocean, where it collected in a pile. What process would need to happen next for the sediments to turn into a sedimentary rock?

a)

crystallization

b)

weathering

c)

compaction

d)

exposer to extreme heat

2.

Breccia forms from compacted sediments. What kind of rock is it?

a)

Igneous

b)

Sedimentary

c)

Metamorphic

3.

Schist forms when Phyllite is exposed to extreme heat and pressure. What kind of rock is Schist?

a)

Igneous

b)

Sedimentary

c)

Metamorphic

4.

Chalk is made of microscopic shells and clay cemented together. What kind of rock is it?

a)

Igneous

b)

Sedimentary

c)

Metamorphic

5.

Gabbro forms from intrusive magma. What kind of rock is it?

a)

Igneous

b)

Sedimentary

c)

Metamorphic

6.

Chert forms as a precipitate. What kind of rock is Chert?

a)

Igneous

b)

Sedimentary

c)

Metamorphic

7.

Which kind of sedimentary rock form from solution?

a)

Detrital/Clastic

b)

Organic

c)

Chemical

8.

Which kind of sedimentary rock form once living organisms?

a)

Detrital/Clastic

b)

Organic

c)

Chemical

9.

Which kind of sedimentary rock is made from broken down rock fragment?

a)

Detrital/Clastic

b)

Organic

c)

Chemical

10.

Rocks are....

a)

Mixtures

b)

Pure Substances

11.

Minerals are....

a)

Mixtures

b)

Pure Substances

12.

Which environment is most likely to form sedimentary rocks such as coquina and sandstone?

a)

A site deep underground

b)

A sea floor

c)

Near a volcano

d)

A mountain top

13.

Textures like glassy, vesicular describe what kind of rocks?

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Intrusive Igneous

c)

Metamorphic

d)

Extrusive Igneous

14.

Rocks with holes that are left from escaping gases as they cooled are said to have which texture?

a)

Porphyritic

b)

Glassy

c)

Vesicular

d)

Fine Grain

15.

Molten rock on Earth’s surface is called:

a)

Magma

b)

Intrusive Igneous Rock

c)

Sediment

d)

Lava

16.

Which environment is an igneous rock most likely to form?

a)

in a desert

b)

in a creek bed

c)

near a volcano

d)

under a glacier

17.

The mineral composition of a rock (basaltic, andesitic, granitic) can help you determine which TWO properties?

a)

Color

b)

Mass

c)

Density

d)

Grain Size

18.
Is the following metamorphic rock foliated or non-foliated?
a)
Foliated
b)
Non-foliated
c)
Neither
19.
__________  metamorphic rocks have mineral grains that are not arranged in distinct bands.
a)
Conglomerate
b)
Non-foliated
c)
Foliated
d)
Permeated
20.

Which environment is most likely to form metamorphic rocks such as gneiss and schist?

a)

a seafloor

b)

a site deep underground

c)

a windblown desert

d)

a site covered by a glacier

21.

Mickey Mouse found a rock, it has large grains, some different color layers and a fossil of a leaf. What kind of rock did Mickey Mouse find?

a)

Igneous

b)

Sedimentary

c)

Metamorphic

22.

As you go deeper into the earth the pressure.....

a)

increases

b)

decreases

23.

Which letter represents where intrusive igneous rocks would form?

a)

A

b)

B

24.

Which letter represents where extrusive igneous rocks would form?

a)

A

b)

B

25.

Oprah finds an igneous rock with the following characteristics.


- light-colored, glassy, pink due to the presence of feldspar.


Is the rock she found Intrusive or extrusive?

a)

Instrusive

b)

Extrusive

26.

Which rocks would be classified as Granitic? CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY.

a)

Rhyolite

b)

Basalt

c)

Granite

d)

Gabbro

e)

Andesite

27.

Which rocks would be classified as Basaltic? CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY.

a)

Rhyolite

b)

Basalt

c)

Granite

d)

Gabbro

e)

Andesite

28.

Which rocks would be classified as Andesitic? CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY.

a)

Diorite

b)

Basalt

c)

Granite

d)

Gabbro

e)

Andesite

29.

What is the approximate pressure at a depth of 15 km?

a)

60 kb

b)

8 kb

c)

4 kb

d)

65 kb

30.

The texture of this rock is...

a)

vesicular

b)

porphyritic

c)

phanertic

d)

aphantic

31.

The texture of this rock is...

a)

Porphyritic

b)

vesicular

c)

aphantic

d)

fine-grained