Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Igneous
Multiple Choice
Vocabulary
100
Most igneous rock can be identified as _________________________________ because the minerals in the rock crystallize as igneous rock forms from magma.
What is cementation?
100
The metamorphic rock texture in which mineral grains are arranged in planes or bands.
What is foliation?
100
Rock formed from the cooling and solidification of magma beneath the Earth's surface.
What is Intrusive Igneous Rock?
100
The crystallization and removal of different minerals from the cooling magma is called a. Partial cooling b. Total freezing c. Fractional Crystallization d. Crystallization
What is C. fractional crystallization?
100
Describes magma or igneous rock that is rich in feldspars and silica and that is generally light in color.
What is felsic?
200
Loose fragments of rock, minerals, and organic material that result from natural processes, including physical breakdown of rocks.
What is sediment?
200
Name TWO types of foliated metamorphic rock.
What are schist, slate, or gneiss?
200
Three factors that affect whether rock melts include temperature, pressure, and a. The presence of fluids in the rock b. The chemical composition of the rock c. The composition of the fluid in the rock D. The chemical/fluid ratio in the rock
What is A. the pressure of fluids in the rock?
200
One reason that minerals precipitate is because of a. Compaction b. Condensation c. Evaporation d. Cementation
What is C. Evaporation?
200
Sedimentary rock that forms when fragments of preexisting rocks are compacted or cemented together.
What is clastic sedimentary rock?
300
Name TWO types of sedimentary rock.
What are sandstone, shale, conglomerate or breccia?
300
The process by which heat, pressure, or chemical processes change one type of rock to another.
What is metamorphism?
300
The ______________________________________ of minerals in the rock and its texture determine the identity of the igneous rock.
What is chemical composition?
300
One reason that minerals precipitate is because of a. compaction b. cementation c. evaporation d. condensation
What is C. evaporation?
300
Describes magma or igneous rock that is rich in magnesium and iron and that is generally dark in color.
What is mafic?
400
Fossils can be found preserved in this type of rock.
What is sedimentary rock?
400
The movement of ______________ ________________ help paid in the creation of metamorphic rocks.
What are the tectonic plates?
400
Most igneous rock can be identified as _________________________________ because the minerals in the rock crystallize as igneous rock forms from magma.
What is crystalline?
400
Two examples of evaporates are a. coal and granite b. chalk and limestone c. sandstone and shale d. gypsum and halite
What is D. gypsum and halite?
400
Magma that forms deep inside the Earth's crust.
What is intrusive igneous rock?
500
The process in which the volume and porosity of sediment is reduced by the weight and pressure of overlying sediments is called ____________________________________________.
What is compaction?
500
Quartzite and marble are what type of metamorphic rock.
What is nonfoliated?
500
When magma cools it makes _______________________.
What is igneous rock?
500
Hot fluids from magma can circulate through the rock and change the mineral ________________ by dissolving some minerals and adding others. A. compaction C. tectonic plates B. parallel bands D. pressure
What is A. compaction?
500
The crystallization and removal of different minerals from cooling magma.
What is fractional crystallization?
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