Rocks

Question 1

What is the study of Earth, minerals, and rocks?

Answer 1

Geology

Question 2

What do you call a scientist who studies the Earth and its rocks?

Answer 2

Geologist

Question 3

What is the Greek root meaning Earth?

Answer 3

Geo

Question 4

What are the 3 main groups of rocks?

Answer 4

Sedimentary
Igneous
Metamorphic

Question 5

What rocks are formed when sediment is compacted and cemented together?

Answer 5

Sedimentary rocks

Question 6

What type of rock is formed when pre-existing rocks are exposed to high temps and pressure to form a new rock?

Answer 6

Metamorphic

Question 7

What type of metamorphic rock had mineral grains arranged in layers or ribbon-like bands?

Answer 7

Foliated

Question 8

What are the metamorphic rocks where the mineral grains are not arranged in layers or bands called?

Answer 8

Non-foliated

Question 9

What type of rock is formed from the cooling of molten material?

Answer 9

Igneous

Question 10

What type of igneous rock is formed from magma inside the earth that cools very slowly with large crystals and coarse grains?

Answer 10

Intrusive
(Inside the Earth)

Question 11

What type of igneous rock is formed from lava on the surface that cools quickly with very few to no crystals and has a fine grain?

Answer 11

Extrusive

Question 12

What are some examples of intrusive igneous rock?

Answer 12

Gabbro and granite

Question 13

What are some examples of extrusive igneous rock?

Answer 13

Basalt, obsidian, pumice

Question 14

What is created when a rock is exposed to weathering and erosion?

Answer 14

Sediment

Question 15

What is made when a rock is melted?

Answer 15

Magma

Question 16

What kind of rock is made when ANY type of rock goes through weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, and cementation?

Answer 16

Sedimentary

Question 17

What type of rock is made when ANY type of rock undergoes heat and pressure?

Answer 17

Metamorphic

Question 18

What type of rock is formed when ANY type of rock undergoes melting, cooling, and solidifying?

Answer 18

Igneous

Question 19

The Grand Canyon is made of sedimentary rock, where is the oldest layer of rock located?

Answer 19

The bottom

Question 20

Any non living solid with a crystal form is called what?

Answer 20

A mineral

Question 21

A rock that forms from lava or magma is called what?

Answer 21

Igneous rock

Question 22

A mineral that reflects light like a piece of foil has a metallic _______?

Answer 22

Luster

Question 23

A rock that forms when heat or pressure changes an existing rock is classified as a what?

Answer 23

Metamorphic rock

Question 24

The color a mineral leaves on a white tile is called it’s _________?

Answer 24

Streak

Question 25

A rock that forms from sediment that gets cemented together under pressure is classified as what?

Answer 25

Sedimentary rock

Question 26

A naturally formed solid made of one or more minerals is called what?

Answer 26

A rock

Question 27

The impression of a leaf in sedimentary rock is an example of what?

Answer 27

A fossil

Question 28

If someone draws with a rock to try to identify it by the color it leaves behind, what property are they testing ?

Answer 28

Streak

Question 29

If you examine a piece of granite and see large black and white pieces that glitter as you move the sample under a light, what are you seeing?

Answer 29

Minerals

Question 31

What does shale turn into with heat and pressure?

Answer 31

Slate

Question 32

What does Phylite turn into with heat and pressure?

Answer 32

Schist

Question 33

What does schist turn into with heat and pressure?

Answer 33

Gneiss

Question 34

What does sandstone turn into with heat and pressure?

Answer 34

Quartzite

Question 35

What does limestone turn into with heat and pressure?

Answer 35

Marble

Question 36

What are examples of sedimentary chemical rocks?

Answer 36

Limstone and rock salt

Question 37

What are examples of sedimentary clastic rocks?

Answer 37

Shale, sandstone, conglomerate

Question 38

What are examples of sedimentary organic rock?

Answer 38

Fossils, chalk, coal

Question 39

Which type of sedimentary rock is formed when dissolved minerals come out of solutions?

Answer 39

Chemical

Question 40

What type of sedimentary rock is formed from broken rock, sand, and shell fragments. (Weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, cementation)

Answer 40

Clastic

Question 41

What type of sedimentary rock is formed from the remains of once living things?

Answer 41

Organic