Minerals
Igneous
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
Rock cycle
100
Mineral samples are identified by their:
1. physical properties
2. how they formed
3. chemical composition
4. the rocks in which they are found
1. physical properties
100
An intrusive igneous rock formed where?
inside the Earth
100
Which rock is only formed by only regional metamorphism?
1. slate
2. hornfels
3. dunite
4. marble
1. Slate
100
What is the texture of inorganic land-derived sedimentary rocks?
1. bioclastic
2. crystalline
3. clastic
4. Vesicular
3. clastic
100
On what page of the ESRT can you find the diagram to the rock cycle
page 6
200
A science student is trying to identify a sample of a mineral. Which information would be most useful?
1. the location and size of the sample
2. the shape and color of the sample
3. the location and color of the sample
4. the hardness and streak of the sample
4. the hardeness and streak of the sample
200
What happens to crystal size as the rate of cooling decreases?
The crystals get bigger
200
The rock shown below has a foliated texture and contains the minerals amphibole, quartz, and feldspar arranged in coarse-grained bands.
Which rock is shown?
1. slate
2. dunite
3. gneiss
4. Quartzite
3. gneiss
200
Which rock is classified as an evaporite?
1. clastic shale
2. foliated phyllite
3. nonfoliated marble
4. crystalline rock salt
4. crystalline rock salt
200
Name the types of rocks that can become sedimentary rocks
metamorphic, sedimentary, and igneous
300
4). Which mineral will scratch fluorite, galena, and pyroxene?
1. graphite
2. calcite
3. olivine
4. Dolomite
3. Olivine
300
Which igneous rock has a glassy texture, has gas pockets and is light in color?
pumice
300
Which metamorphic rock has mineral alignment and contains the minerals mica, quartz, feldspar, amphibole, and garnet
Phyllite
300
What is this? and what type of rock would contain one of these
its a fossil, and sedimentary rock
300
To become an igneous rock, a sedimentary rock must go through what processes
melting and solidification (cooling)
400
the properties of a mineral are determined by
1. the number of atoms it has
2. the type of atoms it has
3. Whether it is mono or polymineralic
4. the internal arrangement of atoms?
4. the internal arrangement of atoms.
400
This igneous rock has a crystal size of less than 1 mm, is non vesicular, and is dark in color
Basalt
400
Which sedimentary rock would turn into quartzite when exposed to intense heat and pressure?
sandstone
400
Which two sedimentary rocks contain biological (lving material) material
limestone (shells)
bituminous coal (plant remains)
400
ooooh this is tricky.
For a piece of granite to become a piece of gneiss, what processes must it go through?
granite is ingenous and gneiss is metamorphic so you have to have heat and pressure.
500
this mineral has a hardness of around 2.5, it is nonmetallic and be used as a food additive
Halite
500
Which igneous rock is dark colored, cooled rapidly on Earth’s surface, and is composed mainly of plagioclase feldspar, olivine, and pyroxene?
1. obsidian
2. rhyolite
3. gabbro
4. scoria
3. Gabbro
500
Which metamorphic rock would bubble with acid?
hint- you need to use the mineral and the sedimentary rock chart
Marble
500
Which sedimentary rock has a grain size of .09 cm
sandstone
500
OOOO this is tricky to. Before a rock can become a sedimentary rock, what must it become first?
sediments (broken down bits of rock)