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Pearson Chapter 8 Review

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 15mins

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Class
Date
1.

"The study of rocks, their history and the processes that form and change them" is a definition for...

a)

paleontology

b)

rock studies

c)

geology

d)

geography

2.

What is layer #1

(a)  

3.

What is layer #2

(a)  

4.

What is layer #3

(a)  

5.

What is layer #4

(a)  

6.

Which word best describes SEDIMENTARY rocks

a)

layered

b)

volcanic

c)

changed

7.

Which word best describes IGNEOUS rocks

a)

layered

b)

volcanic

c)

changed

8.

Which word best describes METAMORPHIC rocks

a)

layered

b)

volcanic

c)

changed

9.

Name an igneous rock that is intrusive

(a)  

10.

Name an igneous rock that is extrusive

(a)  

11.

Name an igneous rock that is dark-coloured

(a)  

12.

Name an igneous rock that you can't see any crystals in

(a)  

13.

Name an igneous rock that is light enough to float & has holes in it

(a)  

14.

Name one clastic sedimentary rock from this list: shale, mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, limestone, gypsum, halite, coal, limestone, chalk

(a)  

15.

Name one biogenic sedimentary rock from this list: shale, mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, limestone, gypsum, halite, coal, limestone, chalk

(a)  

16.

Name one chemical sedimentary rock from this list: shale, mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, limestone, gypsum, halite, coal, chalk

(a)  

17.

Which metamorphic rocks are foliated?

a)

Gneiss, slate, schist

b)

Marble, quartzite, hornfels

c)

Gneiss, hornfels, schist

d)

Marble, quartzite, slate

18.

Which metamorphic rocks are not foliated?

a)

Gneiss, slate, schist

b)

Marble, quartzite, hornfels

c)

Gneiss, hornfels, schist

d)

Marble, quartzite, slate