Science Test 10

Question 1

A rock that has changed due to heat or pressure is a ___________________ rock.

Answer 1

metamorphic

Question 2

Which of the following tests most likely could be used to identify a rock?

Answer 2

magnetism

Question 3

The individual rock particles, crystals, and sometimes fossils that combine to give a rock its texture are known as _____________.

Answer 3

grains

Question 4

Which of the following contains the largest crystals?

Answer 4

pegmatite

Question 5

A type of rock that is so smooth and shiny that its called volcanic glass is _______________.

Answer 5

obsidian

Question 6

Igneous rocks like granite and basalt are often used for statues and important buildings because they are _________ _________________ ___________.

Answer 6

very weather resistant

Question 7

Which type of rock is most closely tied to the process of erosion?

Answer 7

sedimentary

Question 8

Which of the following would come between deposition and cementation in the formation of a sedimentary?

Answer 8

compaction

Question 9

Rocks formed from minerals precipitated from water are ____________ rocks.

Answer 9

non-clastic sedimentary

Question 10

Which kind of sedimentary rock is most useful as a construction material?

Answer 10

limestone

Question 11

The original rock that was altered to form a metamorphic rock is the ______________ rock.

Answer 11

source

Question 12

Metamorphic rock that contains grains that appear to be aligned in a more of less parallel pattern is __________ metamorphic rock.

Answer 12

foliated

Question 13

High quality marble rock would most likely be used for ______________________________________.

Answer 13

veneer stone on large government buildings.

Question 14

According to old-earth rock cycle, most rocks will eventually __________ __ ___ ____________ ____ _________.

Answer 14

return to the mantle and melt

Question 15

The young-earth view of historical geology concludes that-

Answer 15

-only a tiny fraction of the rock cycle could gave occured since the beggining of the world
-there is not enough time for one rock to fo through the entire cycle.
-subduction of sedimentary rocks likely resulted from a nrief but catastrophic period in the earth’s history.

Question 16

Melting sedimentary rocks in the crust can happen only through _____________.

Answer 16

subduction

Question 17

The law of conservation and matter implies that the earth’s matter can change in form but not in mass.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

Long, thin grains in a rock indicate that something abnormal happened to it during its existance.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

Fossils are commonly found in granite

Answer 19

False

Question 20

Igneous rocks do not make the best building materials because they tend to dissolve in acid rain.

Answer 20

false

Question 21

Cementation is what turns clastic sediments into non-clastic sediments.

Answer 21

false

Question 22

Chalk is an inorganic sedimentary rock.

Answer 22

false

Question 23

Metamorphism changes only igneous of sedimentary rocks into metamorphic rocks.

Answer 23

false

Question 24

If a geologist observes contact metamorphism in the rock below horizontal stratums of igneous rock but not in the rock right above it he can assume that he is looking at a surface lava flow rather thana sill intrusion

Answer 24

true

Question 25

Sedimentary rocks are the starting material for most versions of the rock cycle.

Answer 25

false

Question 26

The traditional rock cycle supports an old-earth worldview rather than a young-earth view.

Answer 26

true

Question 27

Intrusive igneous rock

Answer 27

granite or gabbro

Question 28

extrusive igneous rock

Answer 28

basalt or andesite

Question 29

clastic sedimentary rock

Answer 29

conglomerate or breccia

Question 30

non-clastic sedimentary rock

Answer 30

limestone or chalk

Question 31

foliated metamorphic rock

Answer 31

slate or gneiss

Question 31

non-foliated metamorphic rock

Answer 31

marble or quartzite

Question 32

Rocks that formed when molten rock cooled and hardened are called ___________ rocks.

Answer 32

igneous

Question 33

Rocks that formed when bits and pieces of eroded rocks are called ______________ rocks.

Answer 33

sedimentary

Question 34

Young-earth geologists believe that the original basement rock of the earth’s continents was _______

Answer 34

granite

Question 35

Fragments of rocks that fuse together to form a larger rock are called _______.

Answer 35

clasts

Question 35

Modern geologists believe that the size of the grains in an igneous rock have mor to do with where it cooled than how _____ it cooled

Answer 35

fast

Question 36

Limestone has been used for thousands of tears as the raw material for a common artificial construction material called _________________.

Answer 36

concrete

Question 36

Metamorphic rocks that contain crystals in bands or parallel layers are classified as __________ rocks.

Answer 36

foliated

Question 37

When limestone undergoes metamorphosis, it turns into __________.

Answer 37

marble

Question 38

Old-earth geologists believe that sedimentary rocks eventually return to the mantle by ______________.

Answer 38

subduction

Question 39

Ant zones where the remelting of sedimentary rocks in the crust has occurred are probably leftover from the ______.

Answer 39

flood

Question 40

What is a rock?

Answer 40

Rock is the solid material in the earth’s crust that is a mixture of two or more materials.

Question 41

List three conditions that can cause metamorphism in rocks.

Answer 41

1.) Extreme heat
2.) Pressure
3.) hydrothermal fluids