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Earth Science ROCKS!
Earth Science ROCKS!
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Rocks and Rock cycle
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1
When Sandstone
metamorphasizes
it becomes ______________.
marble
slate
quartzite
gneiss
2
Shale is a _____ sedimentary rock make of __________.
Clastic: clay
Chemical: halite
Clastic: sand
Organic: swamp plants
3
If an igneous rock cools quickly it must be made of ___________, which makes it _________.
lava: extrusive
magma; intrusive
magma: extrusive
lava: intrusive
4
Limestone is a ________________ sedimentary rock made of _________.
Clastic: Limes
Organic: Marine shells
Clastic: rocks fragments
Organic: swamp plants
5
Obsidian is what kind of rock?
intrusive igneous
clastic sedimentary
extrusive igneous
chemical sedimentary
6
Granite is what kind of rock?
clastic sedimentary
intrusive igneous
chemical sedimentary
extrusive igneous
7
What kind of texture does this rock have?
fine-grained
porphyritic
glassy
coarse grained
8
In the rock cycle, if a rock undergoes
erosion
, it's on its way to becoming a ______ rock.
metamorphic
igneous
sedimentary
9
The White House is made of?
Quartzite
Marble
Sandstone
Limestone
10
Rock salt is what kind of rock?
Organic Sedimentary
Extrusive Igneous
Chemical Sedimentary
Clastic Sedimentary
11
Clastic, Chemical, and Organic are the subtypes of which rock?
Metamorphic
Igneous
Sedimentary
12
Sandstone is a ___________ sedimentary rock made of __________.
Organic: marine animals
Clastic: sand
Clastic: clay
Chemical: halite
13
Lava rocks such as pumice are used for what purpose?
washing your face
removing calluses
cleaning and polishing
building houses
14
What kind of clastic sedimentary rock is this? (look at the surroundings...)
Sandstone
Shale
Halite
Limestone
15
Coal is a ____________ sedimentary rock made of __________.
Organic: marine animals
Chemical: halite
Clastic: clay
Organic: swamp plants
16
In the rock cycle, if a rock undergoes heat & pressure, it will become a ________ rock.
igneous
metamorphic
sedimentary
17
All Rocks are made of
molten material
Mixture of minerals and other materials
Quartz
organic material
18
What are the 4 stages of sedimentary rock formation
? in order....
erosion, deposition, compaction, cementation
Cementation, compaction, deposition, erosion
erosion, compaction, cementation, deposition
Compaction, cementation, erosion, deposition
19
What kind of clastic sedimentary rock is this?
porphorytic
Conglomerate
Breccia
20
When Shale metamorphasizes it becomes __________.
quartzite
slate
marble
gneiss
21
What kind of texture does this rock have?
glassy
fine grained
coarse grained
porphyritic
22
In a coastal area, what are you
least
likely to find?
Rock salt
Limestone
Shale
Sandstone
23
True or False: A rock's crystal size (grains) gives a rock it's texture.
false
true
24
Which type of rock comes from molten material?
metamorphic
igneous
sedimentary
25
Granite came from cooling ________
lava
magma
26
Igneous rocks that are dark in color, like basalt, are ______________
Low in silica
Coarse-grained
Fine-grained
High in silica
27
In the rock cycle, if a rock undergoes
melting
to become
molten
, which will it become?
metamorphic
sedimentary
igneous
28
When granite
metamophosizes,
it becomes _______________.
Slate
gneiss
marble
Quartzite
29
When Limestone
metamorphasizes
it becomes ___________.
marble
slate
gneiss
quartzite
30
The most common mineral in rock is
Silica
Quarts
Feldspar
Sand
31
Which of the following does not fit?
clastic
metamorphic
sedimentary
igneous
32
This Granite is _____ in color which makes it ___________ in silica?
light: low
dark: high
light: high
dark: low
33
Which type of rock will have the longer cooling times, therefore the larger crystals.
extrusive igneous
Intrusive igneous
34
Gneiss or granite?
gneiss
granite
35
The Taj Mahal is made of _________.
Marble
Halite
Limestone
Sandstone
36
Basalt is what type of rock?
clastic sedimentary
organic sedimentary
extrusive igneous
intrusive igneous
37
foliated or random metamorphic rock?
random
foliated