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Rock and Mineral Review for Regents Earth Science
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What processes from the rock cycle formed this rock?
Weathering, Erosion, Compaction and Cementation
Melting and Solidification
Heat and Pressure
2
This is marble. What is its parent rock?
Limestone
Shale
Sandstone
Quartzite
3
Is this rock intrusive or extrusive? What is its cooling rate?
Extrusive, Slow Cooling
Intrusive, Fast Cooling
Intrusive, Slow Cooling
Extrusive, Fast Cooling
4
What processes from the rock cycle formed this rock?
Heat and Pressure
Melting and Solidification
Weathering, Erosion, Compaction, Cementation
5
What observable characteristic makes it metamorphic?
It is vesicular
It has randomly arranged intergrown crystals
It is clastic
It is foliated
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What class of rock is this?
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
Igneous
7
What two minerals could be in this igneous rock?
Olivine and Quartz
Quartz and Potassium Feldspar
Pyroxene and Olivine
Plagioclase Feldspar and Quartz
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Using your ESRT, what is the name of this igneous rock?
Basalt
Obsidian
Rhyolite
Granite
9
What class of rock is this?
Igneous
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
10
What observable characteristic makes it igneous?
It has randomly arranged intergrown crystals
It is vesicular
It has a glassy texture
11
What observable characteristic makes it sedimentary?
It is vesicular
It is bioclastic
It has randomly arranged intergrown crystals
It is foliated
12
What class of rock is this?
Metamorphic
Igneous
Sedimentary
13
Which of the following is a silicate mineral?
Calcite
Potassium Feldspar
Pyrite
Galena
14
This rock is Schist. What is its parent rock?
Phyllite
Slate
Gneiss
Hornfels
15
This is rock salt. What processes formed it?
Heat and Pressure
Evaporation and Precipitation
Compaction and cementation of sediments
Melting and Solidification
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What observable characteristic makes it sedimentary?
It has randomly arranged, intergrown crystals
It is clastic
It is foliated
It has fossils
17
This rock is Schist. What minerals are in it?
Halite and Dolomite
Quartz and Calcite
Garnet and Feldspar
Olivine and Pyroxene
18
What class of rock is this?
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
Igneous
19
What processes from the rock cycle formed this rock?
Heat and Pressure
Melting and Solidification
Weathering, Erosion, Compaction, Cementation
20
Why is it classified as igneous?
It is bioclastic
It is composed of pebbles
It has foliation
It has randomly arranged, intergrown crystals
21
What class of rock is this?
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
Igneous
22
Did this rock cool quickly above ground, or slowly below ground? Intrusive or Extrusive?
Quickly above, Extrusive
Slowly below, Extrusive
Slowly below, Intrusive
Quickly above, Intrusive
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This rock is composed of sediments that are 0.004 cm in size. What is the rock?
Siltstone
Conglomerate
Sandstone
Shale
