Topic Review: Rocks and Minerals
Quiz by NYSED Earth Science
High School
Earth Science (1996) (Old upload)
New York State Learning Standards
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- Q1Which three minerals are most likely used in the construction of a house?graphite, pyrite, and halitegarnet, galena, and sulfurselenite gypsum, dolomite, and muscovite micatalc, amphibole, and fl uorite30s4.3
- Q2Which two rocks usually consist of only one mineral, but may contain additional minerals?rock salt and basaltquartzite and dunitegabbro and bituminous coalhornfels and diorite30s4.3
- Q3Which rock has never melted, but was produced by great heat and pressure, which distorted and rearranged its minerals?metaconglomeratepegmatitebrecciasiltstone30s4.3
- Q4Which terms best describe this rock?non-crystalline and vesicularfoliated and bandedclastic and fragmentalcoarse and non-vesicular30s4.3
- Q5Which type of bedrock contains these oil and gas deposits?intrusive igneous rockextrusive igneous rocksedimentary rockmetamorphic rock30s4.3
- Q6The mineral anorthite is typically white to gray in color, has a hardness of 6.0, cleaves in two directions, and is used in making glass and ceramics. Which mineral has properties most similar to anorthite?plagioclase feldsparquartzcalcitepyroxene30s4.3
- Q7What is the texture of inorganic land-derived sedimentary rocks?crystallinevesicularclasticbioclastic30s4.3
- Q8Which rock will weather at the fastest rate when exposed to acid rain?granitequartzitelimestonegneiss30s4.3
- Q9The photograph below shows the mineral muscovite mica. Which physical property can be observed in this photograph?magnetismhardnessstreakcleavage30s4.3
- Q10Which map symbol is used to represent rock that formed as a result of the evaporation of seawater?30s4.3
- Q11At which New York State location can intensely metamorphosed surface bedrock be found?UticaRochesterOld ForgeSlide Mountain30s4.3
