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A #rocks and #minerals #quiz for high school #earth #science students.
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Certain minerals break along flat surfaces, while others don't. This characteristic is due to
The luster of the mineral
Age of the mineral
Force with which the mineral is broken
Internal arrangement of the mineral's atoms
2
How do crystalline sedimentary rocks form?
Evaporation and Precipitation
Weathering and Erosion
Heat and Pressure
Compaction and Cementation
3
What is the rock shale made up of?
Remains of plants and animals
Gypsum
Angular fragments
Quartz, feldspar, and clay minerals
4
Which two rocks have a clastic texture?
Limestone and Coal
Sandstone and Limestone
Sandstone and Siltstone
Conglomerate and Rock Gypsum
5
Which mineral has a hardness of 4, displays cleavage, and is colorless to variable?
Fluorite
Galena
Calcite
Hematite
6
Where does an intrusive rock form?
Below Earth's surface in magma
Above Earth's surface in magma
Above Earth's surface
Below Earth's surface in lava
7
Which property is the
least
effective for identifying a mineral?
Luster
Hardness
Color
Streak
8
How are igneous rocks made?
Weathering and Erosion
Heat and Pressure
Melting and Solidification
Compaction and Cementation
9
Which igneous rock has an average density, color, and composition and has only fine texture?
Andesite
Basalt
Diorite
Obsidian
10
Which minerals are found in the metamorphic rock phyllite?
Only mica
Mica, quartz, feldspar, amphibole, and garnet
Mica, quartz, feldspar, amphibole, garnet, and pyroxene
Quartz, pyroxene, and garnet
11
Which metamorphic rock has a banded texture?
Metaconglomerate
Slate
Gneiss
Schist
12
What does the texture bioclastic mean?
Formed from cementation of rock fragments
Formed from the remains of plants and animals
Formed from the precipitation of minerals
Formed from heat and pressure
13
Fill in the sequence: light in color, light in density, ________ composition?
Felsic
Average
Mafic
None
14
What type of texture does granite have?
Vesicular
Coarse
Glassy
Fine
15
Which metamorphic rock has the characteristic "pebbles may be distorted or stretched"?
Metaconglomerate
Hornfels
Slate
Quartzite
16
What is the difference between the sedimentary rocks conglomerate and breccia?
Grain size
Fragment shapes
Composition
Texture
17
What is the range of size particles for the sedimentary rock sandstone?
0.0004-0.006 cm
0.006-0.2 cm
greater than 0.2 cm
less than 0.0004 cm
18
Which metamorphic rock is created from the metamorphism of limestone or dolostone?
Schist
Marble
Metaconglomerate
Hornfels
19
Which mineral is metallic, has a hardness of 5.6-6.5, and is an ore of iron?
Pyrite
Magnetite
Galena
Graphite
20
In which set are the rock drawings labeled with their correct rock types?
C
D
A
B
21
Which igneous rock has a mafic composition and has fine texture?
Basalt
Basaltic Glass
Granite
Gabbro
22
Which mineral is used as a food additive?
Quartz
Selenite gypsum
Halite
Pyrite
23
Which igneous rock contains the minerals plagioclase feldspar, pyroxene, and olivine?
Rhyolite
Obsidian
Granite
Gabbro
24
Which metamorphic rock is non-foliated, fine texture, and is the result of metamorphism of coal
Shale
Metaconglomerate
Anthracite coal
Phyllite
25
How do metamorphic rocks form?
Weathering and erosion
Melting and solidification
Heat and pressure
Compaction and cementation
26
Which metamorphic rock forms from contact metamorphism?
Slate
Hornfels
Quartzite
Metaconglomerate
27
Which mineral cleaves at 56
o
and 124
o
?
Amphibole
Pyrite
Garnet
Olivine
28
What rock has a glassy, non-vesicular texture and usually appears black?
Obsidian
Diorite
Pumice
Scoria
29
Which mineral bubbles with acid?
Diorite
Calcite
Gypsum
Halite
