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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
igneous
B
sandstone
C
metamorphic
D
sedimentary
2) What type of rock forms from compaction and cementation?
A
obsidian
B
sandstone
C
granite
D
marble
3) What type of rock is formed from explosive volcanos?
A
extrusive igneous
B
intrusive igneous
C
regional metamorphic
D
contact metamorphic
4) Where are fossils most likely found?
A
limestone
B
conglomerate
C
slate
D
granite
5) Dolomite forms from mineral precipatates cemented and compacted. Where does dolomite form?
A
alone a sea shore
B
deep under the surface of the earth
C
from volcanic action
D
deep under the sea
6) According to the ESRT, what type of rocks are found on Mt. Marcy?
A
devonian ages igneous rocks
B
dominantly sedimentary
C
shale and sandstones
D
intensely metamorphosed
7) According to the ESRT, What minerals make up granite?
A
Pyroxene, feldspare, anf olivine
B
Plagioclase feldspare, biotite, and amphibole
C
Potassium feldspar, quartz, 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
slow cooling magma deep within the earth
B
mineral precipates deep in the sea
C
heat and pressure from magma intrusions
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
precipitates of shell fragments are cemented together
C
high grade metamorphic minerals are segregated into bands
D
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