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Quarter 2: Quiz 1

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This rock formed when bits of other rocks became pressed into a solid. What type of rock is it?

a)

Rocks

b)

Igneous Rock

c)

Metamorphic Rocks

d)

Sedimentary Rocks

2.

An aphanitic texture in an igneous rock means what?

a)

Large crystals

b)

Air holes

c)

Tiny/No Crystals

d)

Coarse grains

3.

What is the series of processes that slowly change Earth's rocks from one kind to another?

a)

Volcanic cycle

b)

Rock cycle

c)

Weathering cycle

d)

Water cycle

4.

What process in the rock cycle changes a metamorphic rock into magma?

a)

melting

b)

cementation

c)

pressure

d)

deposition

5.

To form a metamorphic rock, it must have heat and/or what other variable applied?

a)

magma

b)

gravity

c)

sediment

d)


pressure

6.

The texture of this rock is...

a)

Aphanitic

b)

Phaneritic

c)

Pyroclastic

d)

Porphyritic

7.

Which is an example of an organic rock?

a)

breccia

b)

rock salt

c)

coal

d)

shale

8.

How are clastic rocks grouped?

a)

by the size of the rock fragments that form them

b)

by the texture of the rock

c)


by the colors found in the rock

d)

by the streak of the rock

9.

What is the process by which sediments get pressed together?

a)

squishing

b)

compaction

c)

heating

d)

gravitational pull

10.

How do coarse-grained igneous rocks form?

a)


from slowly cooling magma

b)

from sedimentary rocks changed from pressure

c)

from rapidly cooling magma

d)

from large rock particles cemented together

11.

People throughout history have used igneous rock for tools and building materials.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

The texture of this rock is...

a)

Pyroclastic

b)

Porphyritic

c)

Phaneritic

d)

Aphanitic

13.

The deeper the rock is buried in the crust, the greater the pressure on that rock.


a)

True

b)

False

14.

Metamorphic rocks are foliated if their mineral grains are arranged randomly.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Heat and pressure changes the sedimentary rock shale into slate.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

What is it called when layers pile up and press down on the material below?

a)

Layering

b)

Cementation

c)

Compaction

d)

I dont know

17.

This rock formed when lava cooled very quickly on Earth's surface. What specific type of rock is it?

a)

Extrusive Igneous Rock

b)

Intrusive Igneous Rock

c)

Igneous Rock

d)

Vesicular Igneous Rock

18.

Which type of rocks are mostly dark in color

a)

Ultramafic

b)

Felsic

c)

Intermediate

d)

Mafic

19.

Whic composition of Igneous Rock has rich in silica (greater than 65%)

a)

Felsic

b)

Intermediate

c)

Mafic

d)

Ultramafic

20.

Different igneous rocks may have similar mineral compositions and yet have very different textures.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

According to the diagram, what process is shown by letter A?

(a)  

22.

According to the diagram, what process is shown by letter B?

(a)  

23.

According to the diagram, what process is shown by letter C?

(a)  

24.

According to the diagram, what process is shown by letter D?

(a)  

25.

According to the diagram, what process is shown by letter E?

(a)