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Rocks And Minerals
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Regents Earth Science
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Which element, found in both micas, make up the greatest percent by volume of Earth's crust?
potassium
nitrogen
silicon
oxygen
2
Which Mineral is white or colorless, has a hardness of 2.5, and splits with cubic cleavage?
calcite
halite
mica
pyrite
3
Which metamorphic rock shows high grade metamorphism?
gneiss
marble
slate
limestone
4
Which mineral has the greatest hardness?
Olivine
Garnet
Galena
Biotite Mica
5
What sedimentary rock has the same sized particles of .0004-.006 cm?
shale
Sandstone
limestone
siltstone
6
When sandstone endures heat and pressure it becomes?
sandstone
gneiss
limestone
Quartzite
7
Which metamorphic rock is a result of limestone enduring heat and pressure?
Calcite
Sandstone
Gneiss
Marble
8
Which rock type is most likely to be monomineralic?
rock salt
conglomerate
basalt
rhyolite
9
Land derived sedimentary rock
limestone
marble
siltstone
gneiss
10
Scratching a mineral against a glass plate is a method used in determining the minerals...
hardness
color
streak
luster
11
Which two rocks have the most similar mineral composition?
granite and phyllite
Quartzite and rock salt
limestone and basalt
Marble and Rhyolite
12
Which metamorphic rock fizzes in acid?
slate
Quartzite
Gneiss
Marble
13
Which mineral leaves a green-black streak?
pyrite
hematite
graphite
galena
14
An igneous rock which shows fossilized gas pockets?
grainy
vesicular
limestone
glassy
15
What sedimentary rock is comprised only of mica?
breccia
schist
dolostone
slate
16
Which rock is bioclastic?
quartzite
limestone
gneiss
shale
17
This Igneous Rock has 20%Potass Feldspar,45% Quartz, 25% Plag. Feldspar, 10% Biotite, 10% Amph.
Graniye
Gabbro
Basalt
Diorite
18
How are igneous rocks classified?
Foliated or non foliated
sediment size
Environment of Formation
mineral comporsition
19
Which rock is not a mineral?
Pearl
Conglomerate
coal
Limestone
20
Which mineral has a hardness of 6, and shows cleavage?
Olivine
Talc
Potassium Feldspar
Hematite