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Test Description: Rock ID are formation using NYS ESRT
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What type of rock forms from heat and pressure?
A
sandstone
B
sedimentary
C
igneous
D
metamorphic
2) What type of rock forms from compaction and cementation?
A
obsidian
B
marble
C
sandstone
D
granite
3) What type of rock is formed from explosive volcanos?
A
regional metamorphic
B
intrusive igneous
C
extrusive igneous
D
contact metamorphic
4) Where are fossils most likely found?
A
conglomerate
B
slate
C
granite
D
limestone
5) Dolomite forms from mineral precipatates cemented and compacted. Where does dolomite form?
A
alone a sea shore
B
deep under the sea
C
deep under the surface of the earth
D
from volcanic action
6) According to the ESRT, what type of rocks are found on Mt. Marcy?
A
shale and sandstones
B
devonian ages igneous rocks
C
intensely metamorphosed
D
dominantly sedimentary
7) According to the ESRT, What minerals make up granite?
A
Plagioclase feldspare, biotite, and amphibole
B
Pyroxene, feldspare, anf olivine
C
olivine only
D
Potassium feldspar, quartz, biotite, and amphibole
8) Quartzite is a metamorphic rock that formed from what type of sedimentary rock?
A
sandstone
B
coal
C
shale
D
limestone
9) How does vesicular basalt form?
A
heat and pressure from magma intrusions
B
quick cooling lava from explosive volcanos
C
mineral precipates deep in the sea
D
slow cooling magma deep within the earth
10) How does coal form?
A
precipitates of shell fragments are cemented together
B
slowly decaying plant material (peat) are trapped between layers of rock and compressed
C
high grade metamorphic minerals are segregated into bands
D
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