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Rocks and Minerals Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 2hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the TWO elements found in Galena?

a)

Lead

b)

Carbon

c)

Silicon

d)

Sulfur

2.

Which mineral has cleavage in thin, flexible sheets?

a)

Bituminous Coal

b)

Muscovite Mica

c)

Quartz

d)

Hematite

3.

If a rock has inter-grown crystals, it is most likely

a)

Scoria

b)

Conglomerate

c)

Phyllite

d)

Granite

4.

Which rock cooled and solidified at the slowest rate?

a)

Gabbro

b)

Granite

c)

Pumice

d)

Pegmatite

5.

Which mineral can scratch gypsum but can not scratch quartz

a)

Talc

b)

Calcite

c)

Garnet

d)

Graphite

6.

Shale is made of _____________ sized particles cemented together

a)

Sand

b)

Pebble

c)

Clay

d)

Silt

7.

Clastic rocks

a)

Cooled rapidly

b)

Formed in areas of evaporating seas

c)

Contain fragments of other rocks cemented together

d)

Bubble with Hydrochloric acid

8.

What is one indication that a rock cooled rapidly?

a)

Presence of gas pockets

b)

Dark color

c)

Coarse-grained texture

d)

Banding

9.

Mineral alignment is also known as

a)

Glassy texture

b)

Vesicular

c)

Foliated

d)

Igneous

10.

Which metamorphic rock has undergone the most intense heat and pressure?

a)

Slate

b)

Phyllite

c)

Shale

d)

Gneiss

11.

Which rock has the most coarse-grained texture?

a)

Shale

b)

Sandstone

c)

Siltstone

d)

Slate

12.

Felsic rocks

a)

Are darker in color

b)

Contain high amounts of magnesium

c)

Are rich in silicon and aluminum

d)

Include Gabbro and Scoria

13.
Breakage along smooth, flat planes
a)
fracture
b)
cleavage
c)
streak
d)
ore
14.

How do extrusive igneous rocks form?

a)

from lava that erupted onto Earth's surface

b)

from magma that hardened beneath Earth's surface

15.

Fine-grained igneous rocks with small crystals formed from

a)

rapidly cooling lava

b)

slowly cooling magma

16.

Granite appears pink, while Diorite appears white, due to

a)

The rate at which they cooled

b)

The size of the rock

c)

The presence of Biotite mica

d)

Granite contains potassium feldspar

17.

Which mineral is NOT found in Basalt?

a)

Olivine

b)

Pyroxene

c)

Plagioclase Feldspar

d)

Quartz

18.

Two examples of rocks that contain once-living things

a)

Granite

b)

Limestone

c)

Bituminous Coal

d)

Schist

19.
Sedimentary rock type made from bits of minerals and other Earth material that were weathered and moved is _?_ sedimentary rock.
a)
clastic
b)
chemical
c)
organic 
20.
Name this rock.
a)
dolomite
b)
sandstone
c)
shale
d)
coquina
21.

What sized sediment makes shale?

a)

Sand

b)

Clay

c)

Cobble

d)

Silt

22.
Which is bigger?
Silt, Cobble, or Sand
a)
Silt
b)
Cobble
c)
Sand
23.

This rock is made of pure olivine

a)

Peridotite

b)

Basalt

c)

Dunite

d)

Granite

24.

Which cooled more slowly?

a)

Rhyolite

b)

Gabbro

25.

The type of metamorphism associated with the boundary along igneous intrusions is known as

a)

Regional Metamorphism

b)

Contact Metamorphism

c)

Foliated Texture

d)

Gneiss

26.

Which metamorphic rock would likely bubble with acid?

a)

Metaconglomerate

b)

Anthracite coal

c)

Marble

d)

Quartzite

27.

Which rock formed from chemical processes?

a)

Sandstone

b)

Gneiss

c)

Granite

d)

Rock Gypsum

28.

This symbol represents

a)

Clay

b)

Sandstone

c)

Shale

d)

Marble

29.

Which mineral can scratch fluorite, exhibits fracture, contains magnesium, and is nonmetallic?

a)

Olivine

b)

Galena

c)

Quartz

d)

Potassium Feldspar

30.

A sample of shale is exposed to a relatively low amount of heat and pressure. This rock will likely become

a)

Amphibole

b)

Gneiss

c)

Quartzite

d)

Slate