Plate Boundaries
Ocean crust is made at which type of plate boundary?
a) Convergent
b) Divergent
c) Transform
b) Divergent
Which of these is not a defining criteria of a mineral?
a) natural
b) solid
c) inorganic
d) only found on Earth
e) defined chemical composition
d) only found on Earth
Intrusive igneous rocks tend to have ________ crystals than extrusive igneous rocks.
a) larger
b) smaller
a) larger
A siltstone would be an example of which type of sedimentary rock?
a) clastic
b) chemical
c) biochemical
a) clastic
What is foliation in a metamorphic rock?
a) the degree to which the rock is altered
b) the alignment of minerals or features in a preferred direction
c) the rock type prior to metamorphism
b) the alignment of minerals or features in a preferred direction
Tectonic plates are made up of which layers of the Earth?
a) crust and asthenosphere
b) asthenosphere and lithospheric mantle
c) outer core and inner core
d) crust and lithospheric mantle
d) crust and lithospheric mantle
Which of these mineral classes is the most common in Earth's crust?
a) oxides
b) silicates
c) sulfates
d) carbonates
e) halides
b) silicates
Which of the following textures would be found in an intrusive igneous rock?
a) aphanitic
b) vesicular
c) phaneritic
d) glassy
c) phaneritic
Which of these minerals is the most resistant to weathering and often forms sand grains?
a) plagioclase feldspar
b) olivine
c) quartz
d) amphibole
c) quartz
Which type of fault would result from tensional stress?
a) normal
b) reverse
c) strike-slip
a) normal
Which of these plate boundary types has few volcanoes?
a) ocean-ocean divergent
b) ocean-ocean convergent
c) continent-continent convergent
d) ocean-continent convergent
c) continent-continent convergent
What mineral class would pyrite (FeS2) be a part of?
a) silicates
b) oxides
c) carbonates
d) sulfates
e) sulfides
e) sulfides
An extrusive rock with an intermediate composition would be called a ___________?
a) Andesite
b) Diorite
c) Basalt
d) Granite
e) Rhyolite
a) Andesite
Larger clast sizes in a sedimentary rock typically indicates deposition in an environment with ______ energy.
a) higher
b) lower
a) higher
Which of these metamorphic rocks would have the highest metamorphic grade?
a) slate
b) schist
c) gneiss
d) phyllite
c) gneiss
At which type of plate boundary will you find a deep-ocean trench?
a) ocean-continent convergent
b) ocean-ocean divergent
c) continent-continent convergent
d) transform
a) ocean-continent convergent
Which type of mine tends to produce more waste rock?
a) surface mine
b) underground mine
a) surface mine
Which type of magma has the lowest viscosity?
a) felsic
b) intermediate
c) mafic
c) mafic
A red color in a sedimentary rock typically indicates what?
a) Deposition in an environment with strong waves
b) Deposition in a terrestrial environment with lots of oxygen present
c) Deposition in a low oxygen environment in the deep ocean
d) Deposition in a calm environment with no moving water
b) Deposition in a terrestrial environment with lots of oxygen present
Which of these would be the parent rock of marble?
a) slate
b) limestone
c) shale
d) sandstone
b) limestone
At which type of plate boundary will you find deep earthquakes?
a) ocean-continent convergent
b) ocean-ocean divergent
c) continent-continent convergent
d) transform
a) ocean-continent convergent
Which of these changes would promote precipitation of a mineral from water?
a) heating of the water
b) evaporation
c) addition of water
b) evaporation
Partial melting of the mantle will produce magma of which composition?
a) felsic
b) intermediate
c) mafic
c) mafic
Which of these environments would make the most sense for how a conglomerate might be deposited?
a) a calm coastal lagoon
b) the middle of a deep lake
c) a desert dune
d) a steep mountain river
d) a steep mountain river
Which type of metamorphism would occur next to a magma chamber?
a) Low Temperature/High Pressure
b) High Temperature/Low Pressure
c) Regional
b) High Temperature/Low Pressure