Science Unit 3 Quizzes

Which of the following is a characteristic of all minerals?

The most common mineral group contains _____ minerals.

A crystal will be larger if it _______.

Halide minerals

Rust

Native element minerals

Sulfate minerals

One way to test a mineral is to break it and see how many directions of ______ it has.

Minerals that are _____ will bubble when treated with hydrochloric acid.

All silicate minerals contain the elements _____.

Diamonds and coal both contain the ______ named carbon.

Why is the color of a mineral not a reliable test for the identity of the mineral?

When a crystal grows in unrestricted space, how does growth occur?

Igneous rocks are classified based upon their:

The crystal size of an igneous rock is described as its _____.

A laccolith is an example of a(n) _____ igneous rock (one of the two main igneous rock groups).

Which of the following is not an intrusive igneous body?

Magma that is ejected during a volcanic eruption forms _____ igneous rocks.

A mantle plume extends up to the surface, where there is a _____.

What determines how large the crystals in an igneous rock will be?

Under which condition below would you expect a glassy extrusive rock like obsidian to form?

Where do rocks melt?

Sediment composition in a clastic rock is determined by all of the following EXCEPT:

Sediment sorting

Layering

Texture

Grain Roundness

All of the following are ways in which sedimentary rocks form EXCEPT:

Coal is formed in which of the following depositional environments?

Which of the following is NOT a sedimentary structure?

Remains or traces of organisms preserved in rock are called _______.

All of the terms listed below are sediment transporting agents EXCEPT:

Chemical rocks are formed by _____ that grow out of a solution.

Of the following, the only process NOT involved in the making of clastic rocks is:

At divergent boundaries, _____ metamorphism results from extrusion of basaltic lava

The geothermal _____ is about 25°C for every 1 km of depth below Earth's surface.

Which of the following is not a metamorphic agent?

Which must be true for metamorphism to occur?

Foliation

Impact metamorphism

Compaction

Burial metamorphism

What does the metamorphic grade of a rock tell you?

_____ is when original grain sizes are obliterated so grains become uniform and larger.

When rocks grind and squeeze past each other, _____ metamorphism can occur.

If metamorphism occurs due to heat generated by magma, it is called _____ metamorphism.

When platy materials have a parallel alignment, a rock is _____.

The sandstone arches found in Arches National Park, Utah, are an example of _____ rock.

As rocks erode from Earth's surface, they are replaced by the process of _____.

Which type of rock forms deepest inside Earth?

What type of rock is most likely to form at a transform boundary?

During _____, loose sediment becomes sedimentary rock.

What type of rocks form when lava cools after a volcanic eruption?

What type of rock forms due to heating and cooling?

What type of sedimentary rocks form from the breakdown of larger rocks?

Igneous

Sedimentary

Metamorphic