Question 1

Which processes would change a metamorphic rock to an igneous rock?

Accepted Answer

A)  Weathering, transport, and lithification 
B)  Melting and crystallization 
C)  Increased temperature and pressure 
A)  Weathering, transport, and lithification 
B)  Melting and crystallization 
C)  Increased temperature and pressure

Question 2

The following diagram illustrates the Rock Cycle.
  
-The diagram illustrates the Rock Cycle. Match the letters below to the step number 6 on the diagram.

Accepted Answer

A)  Cementation and compaction (lithification) 
B)  Heat and pressure 
C)  Weathering, transportation, deposition 
D)  Cooling and solidification 
E)  Melting 
A)  Cementation and compaction (lithification) 
B)  Heat and pressure 
C)  Weathering, transportation, deposition 
D)  Cooling and solidification 
E)  Melting

Question 3

Which one of these is a high silica rock that cooled at the surface?

Accepted Answer

A)  Granite 
B)  Rhyolite 
C)  Gabbro 
D)  Basalt 
A)  Granite 
B)  Rhyolite 
C)  Gabbro 
D)  Basalt

Question 4

The following diagram illustrates the Rock Cycle.
  
-The diagram illustrates the Rock Cycle. Match the letters below to the step number 3 on the diagram.

Accepted Answer

A)  Cementation and compaction (lithification) 
B)  Heat and pressure 
C)  Weathering, transportation, deposition 
D)  Cooling and solidification 
E)  Melting 
A)  Cementation and compaction (lithification) 
B)  Heat and pressure 
C)  Weathering, transportation, deposition 
D)  Cooling and solidification 
E)  Melting

Question 5

The following diagram illustrates the Rock Cycle.
  
-The diagram illustrates the Rock Cycle. Match the letters below to the step number 8 on the diagram.

Accepted Answer

A)  Cementation and compaction (lithification) 
B)  Heat and pressure 
C)  Weathering, transportation, deposition 
D)  Cooling and solidification 
E)  Melting 
A)  Cementation and compaction (lithification) 
B)  Heat and pressure 
C)  Weathering, transportation, deposition 
D)  Cooling and solidification 
E)  Melting

Question 6

What conditions are required to form parallel alignment of minerals sometimes found in a metamorphic rock?

Accepted Answer

A)  Either heat or pressure 
B)  Pressure only 
C)  Heat only 
D)  Both heat and pressure 
A)  Either heat or pressure 
B)  Pressure only 
C)  Heat only 
D)  Both heat and pressure

Question 7

Which formed in a low temperature, marine setting?

Accepted Answer

A)  Limestone 
B)  Basalt 
C)  Marble 
D)  Quartz 
A)  Limestone 
B)  Basalt 
C)  Marble 
D)  Quartz

Question 8

How many different kinds of minerals have been identified?

Accepted Answer

A)  Less than 10 
B)  Between 10 and 100 
C)  Hundreds 
A)  Less than 10 
B)  Between 10 and 100 
C)  Hundreds

Question 9

Metamorphic rocks melt and recrystallize.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Use the Venn diagram shown below to answer this question.
  
-Which section of the diagram includes low silica rocks?

Accepted Answer

A)  Volcanic 
B)  Both Volcanic and Plutonic 
C)  Plutonic 
A)  Volcanic 
B)  Both Volcanic and Plutonic 
C)  Plutonic

Question 11

Complete the following concept map.
  
-Complete the following concept map for number 1.

Accepted Answer

A)  Biochemical 
B)  Chemical 
C)  Clastic 
D)  Evaporation 
A)  Biochemical 
B)  Chemical 
C)  Clastic 
D)  Evaporation

Question 12

Use the Venn diagram shown below to answer this question.
  
-Which section of the diagram forms deep in the earth?

Accepted Answer

A)  Volcanic 
B)  Both Volcanic and Plutonic 
C)  Plutonic 
A)  Volcanic 
B)  Both Volcanic and Plutonic 
C)  Plutonic

Question 13

Minerals have specific chemical compositions and describable structures.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which type of chemical bond is usually the strongest?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ionic 
B)  Van der Waals 
C)  Covalent 
A)  Ionic 
B)  Van der Waals 
C)  Covalent

Question 15

The following diagram illustrates the Rock Cycle.
  
-The diagram illustrates the Rock Cycle. Match the letters below to the step number 7 on the diagram.

Accepted Answer

A)  Cementation and compaction (lithification) 
B)  Heat and pressure 
C)  Weathering, transportation, deposition 
D)  Cooling and solidification 
E)  Melting 
A)  Cementation and compaction (lithification) 
B)  Heat and pressure 
C)  Weathering, transportation, deposition 
D)  Cooling and solidification 
E)  Melting

Question 16

Which of the following experienced an environment where it was heated causing mineral grains to get larger?

Accepted Answer

A)  Limestone 
B)  Basalt 
C)  Marble 
D)  Quartz 
A)  Limestone 
B)  Basalt 
C)  Marble 
D)  Quartz

Question 17

Which represents the atom of helium, a noble gas with an atomic number of 2?

Accepted Answer

A)  A 
B)  B 
C)  C 
D)  D 
A)  A 
B)  B 
C)  C 
D)  D

Question 18

Suppose you find a rock comprised mostly of decayed plant material? What type of rock have you found?

Accepted Answer

A)  Clastic 
B)  Chemical 
C)  Biochemical 
A)  Clastic 
B)  Chemical 
C)  Biochemical

Question 19

Which one of these is a low silica rock that cooled slowly?

Accepted Answer

A)  Granite 
B)  Rhyolite 
C)  Gabbro 
D)  Basalt 
A)  Granite 
B)  Rhyolite 
C)  Gabbro 
D)  Basalt

Question 20

The following diagram illustrates the Rock Cycle.
  
-The diagram illustrates the Rock Cycle. Match the letters below to the step number 2 on the diagram.

Accepted Answer

A)  Cementation and compaction (lithification) 
B)  Heat and pressure 
C)  Weathering, transportation, deposition 
D)  Cooling and solidification 
E)  Melting 
A)  Cementation and compaction (lithification) 
B)  Heat and pressure 
C)  Weathering, transportation, deposition 
D)  Cooling and solidification 
E)  Melting

Which processes would change a metamorphic rock to an igneous rock?

The following diagram illustrates the Rock Cycle. -The diagram illustrates the Rock Cycle. Match the letters below to the step number 6 on the diagram.

Which one of these is a high silica rock that cooled at the surface?

The following diagram illustrates the Rock Cycle. -The diagram illustrates the Rock Cycle. Match the letters below to the step number 3 on the diagram.

The following diagram illustrates the Rock Cycle. -The diagram illustrates the Rock Cycle. Match the letters below to the step number 8 on the diagram.

What conditions are required to form parallel alignment of minerals sometimes found in a metamorphic rock?

Which formed in a low temperature, marine setting?

How many different kinds of minerals have been identified?

Metamorphic rocks melt and recrystallize.

Use the Venn diagram shown below to answer this question. -Which section of the diagram includes low silica rocks?

Complete the following concept map. -Complete the following concept map for number 1.

Use the Venn diagram shown below to answer this question. -Which section of the diagram forms deep in the earth?

Minerals have specific chemical compositions and describable structures.

Which type of chemical bond is usually the strongest?

The following diagram illustrates the Rock Cycle. -The diagram illustrates the Rock Cycle. Match the letters below to the step number 7 on the diagram.

Which of the following experienced an environment where it was heated causing mineral grains to get larger?

Which represents the atom of helium, a noble gas with an atomic number of 2?

Suppose you find a rock comprised mostly of decayed plant material? What type of rock have you found?

Which one of these is a low silica rock that cooled slowly?

The following diagram illustrates the Rock Cycle. -The diagram illustrates the Rock Cycle. Match the letters below to the step number 2 on the diagram.

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Exam 7: Rocks and Minerals

Which processes would change a metamorphic rock to an igneous rock?

The following diagram illustrates the Rock Cycle. -The diagram illustrates the Rock Cycle. Match the letters below to the step number 6 on the diagram.

Which one of these is a high silica rock that cooled at the surface?

The following diagram illustrates the Rock Cycle. -The diagram illustrates the Rock Cycle. Match the letters below to the step number 3 on the diagram.

The following diagram illustrates the Rock Cycle. -The diagram illustrates the Rock Cycle. Match the letters below to the step number 8 on the diagram.

What conditions are required to form parallel alignment of minerals sometimes found in a metamorphic rock?

Which formed in a low temperature, marine setting?

How many different kinds of minerals have been identified?

Metamorphic rocks melt and recrystallize.

Use the Venn diagram shown below to answer this question. -Which section of the diagram includes low silica rocks?

Complete the following concept map. -Complete the following concept map for number 1.

Use the Venn diagram shown below to answer this question. -Which section of the diagram forms deep in the earth?

Minerals have specific chemical compositions and describable structures.

Which type of chemical bond is usually the strongest?

The following diagram illustrates the Rock Cycle. -The diagram illustrates the Rock Cycle. Match the letters below to the step number 7 on the diagram.

Which of the following experienced an environment where it was heated causing mineral grains to get larger?

Which represents the atom of helium, a noble gas with an atomic number of 2?

Suppose you find a rock comprised mostly of decayed plant material? What type of rock have you found?

Which one of these is a low silica rock that cooled slowly?

The following diagram illustrates the Rock Cycle. -The diagram illustrates the Rock Cycle. Match the letters below to the step number 2 on the diagram.

Introduction to Earth Science

Earth in Science

Near-Earth Objects

Plate Tectonics

Earthquakes

Volcanoes and Mountains

Geologic Time

Weathering and Soils

Landslides and Slope Failure

Streams and Floods

Groundwater and Wetlands

Oceans and Coastlines

The Atomosphere

Weather Systems

Earths Climate System

Global Change

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