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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
metamorphic
B
igneous
C
sedimentary
D
sandstone
2) What type of rock forms from compaction and cementation?
A
sandstone
B
obsidian
C
marble
D
granite
3) What type of rock is formed from explosive volcanos?
A
contact metamorphic
B
regional metamorphic
C
intrusive igneous
D
extrusive igneous
4) Where are fossils most likely found?
A
granite
B
conglomerate
C
limestone
D
slate
5) Dolomite forms from mineral precipatates cemented and compacted. Where does dolomite form?
A
deep under the surface of the earth
B
deep under the sea
C
from volcanic action
D
alone a sea shore
6) According to the ESRT, what type of rocks are found on Mt. Marcy?
A
intensely metamorphosed
B
devonian ages igneous rocks
C
shale and sandstones
D
dominantly sedimentary
7) According to the ESRT, What minerals make up granite?
A
Potassium feldspar, quartz, biotite, and amphibole
B
Pyroxene, feldspare, anf olivine
C
Plagioclase feldspare, biotite, and amphibole
D
olivine only
8) Quartzite is a metamorphic rock that formed from what type of sedimentary rock?
A
sandstone
B
shale
C
coal
D
limestone
9) How does vesicular basalt form?
A
mineral precipates deep in the sea
B
heat and pressure from magma intrusions
C
slow cooling magma deep within the earth
D
quick cooling lava from explosive volcanos
10) How does coal form?
A
slowly decaying plant material (peat) are trapped between layers of rock and compressed
B
high grade metamorphic minerals are segregated into bands
C
santa makes it at the north pole for bad girls and boy who don\'t study for Earth Science test
D
precipitates of shell fragments are cemented together
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