science test

Question 1

the lithification of sand forms what type of rock?

Answer 1

sandstone

Question 2

stone is made from what type of rock sediment?

Answer 2

silt

Question 3

the lithification of gravel forms what TYPE of rock?

Answer 3

conglomerate

Question 4

solidification of clay forms what type of rock?

Answer 4

shale

Question 5

Refers to having bands of light and dark minerals

Answer 5

foliated

Question 6

Slate is classified as what type of metamorphic rock (high, intermediate,` or low)

Answer 6

low grade

Question 7

the process by which sediments are turned into sedimentary rock

Answer 7

lithification

Question 8

Is limestone classified as clastic, chemical, or biochemical?

Answer 8

biochemical

Question 9

The percentage of open space between sediment particles

Answer 9

porosity

Question 10

type of metamorphism that occurs in large areas near the mantle

Answer 10

Regional Metamorphism

Question 11

When a rock does not change chemically but is separated from its parent material

Answer 11

physical weathering

Question 12

Gneiss is classified as what type of metamorphic rock (high, intermediate,` or low)

Answer 12

high grade

Question 13

mineral or rock fragments that have come off of larger rocks

Answer 13

sediments

Question 14

type of metamorphic rock that has large crystals surrounded by smaller crystals

Answer 14

porphyroblast

Question 15

process of sentiments being placed in a new location

Answer 15

deposition

Question 16

type of metamorphism that occurs when igneous intrusions move up into new rock layers

Answer 16

contact metamorphosis

Question 17

process that occurs when minerals are dissolved or chemically changed

Answer 17

chemical weathering

Question 18

type of metamorphism that occurs when very hot water reacts with rock

Answer 18

hydrothermal metamorphism

Question 19

What are the main sources of erosion?

Answer 19

wind, glaciers, gravity

Question 20

Where are crossbedded sediment layers deposited?

Answer 20

the desert

Question 21

The changing of rocks from one form to another several times

Answer 21

rock cycle

Question 22

Identify the rock whose parent rock is granite.

Answer 22

Gneiss

Question 23

Identify the rock whose parent rock is (usually) shale

Answer 23

schist

Question 24

Garnet’s form from the organization of minerals during metamorphism. What are they?

Answer 24

porphyroblasts

Question 25

What three things does foliation in rock require?

Answer 25

needle like minerals, flat minerals, lots of pressure

Question 26

What are 2 similarities between hydrothermal and contact metamorphism?

Answer 26

Lots of heat, parent rocks

Question 27

original rock type that undergoes metamorphism

Answer 27

parent rock

Question 28

What type of rock do minerals dissolved in water form

Answer 28

chemical

Question 29

What do limestone and coal have in common

Answer 29

They both formed from living things, and they’re both sedimentary rocks

Question 30

Identify this rock made of accumulated shells or coral.

Answer 30

limestone

Question 31

process in which clastic sediments are produced

Answer 31

weathering