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Chapter 9
Test Description: Chaodf
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1) You find rock in which the grains are arranged in wavy, parallel bands of white and black crystals. What kind of rock have you probably found?
A
Sedimentary
B
Metamorphic
C
Extrusive
D
Igneous
2) If heat and pressure inside Earth cause the texture and crystal structure of a rock to change, what new material is formed?
A
Igneous
B
Metamorphic
C
Sedimentary
D
Chemical
3) What process causes many sedimentary rocks to have visible layers?
A
intrusion
B
deposition
C
Eruption
D
crystallization
4) Which statement best describes how an extrusive rock forms?
A
Magma cools slowly to form granite.
B
Magma cools slowly beneath Earth’s surface.
C
Magma cools quickly below Earth’s surface.
D
Magma cools quickly on Earth’s surface.
5) The process by which metamorphic rock changes to igneous rock begins with
A
deposition
B
crystallization
C
melting
D
erosion
6) You find a deposit of organic limestone. In what type of setting did it probably form?
A
a swamp
B
a volcano
C
a sand dune
D
the ocean
7) Streak is the color of a mineral’s __________.
A
powder
B
luster
C
fracture
D
cleavage
8) An old river has been through 100s or 1000s of years of weathering, erosion, and deposition. Due to these events, this river would _____________________________.
A
snake back and forth with many curves
B
become a salt water river
C
dry up
D
never change
9) Which of the following would eventually turn igneous rock into metamorphic rock?
A
the igneous rock is weathered by wind and water.
B
The igneous rock is shifted under other rock due to plate movement
C
The igneous rock goes through erosion and weathering.
D
The igneous rock melts completely.
10) What does weathering do?
A
Break down rocks
B
Deposit pieces of rock
C
Heat pieces of rock
D
Carries away pieces of rock
11) Which of the following rocks can harden on Earth’s surface?
A
Igneous rock
B
Intrusive rock
C
Sedimentary rock
D
Metamorphic rock
12) What is the hardest substances known to man?
A
Diamond
B
Obsidian
C
Sedimentary Rock
D
Coal
13) Which forms when minerals dissolved in a water solution crystallize?
A
chemical rock
B
clastic rock
C
organic rock
D
sediment
14) Which rock can be chemical or an organic rock?
A
conglomerate
B
sandstone
C
limestone
D
shale
15) Which is an example of an organic rock?
A
rock salt
B
coal
C
shale
D
Breccia
16) Which term best describes igneous rock?
A
soft and dense
B
hard and dense
C
light and easily broken
D
soft and smooth
17) How do coarse grained igneous rocks form?
A
from rapidly cooling lava
B
from large rock particles cemented together
C
from sedimentary rocks changed under pressure
D
from slowly cooling magma
18) A rock that forms from many small fragments of other rocks is a(n)
A
metamorphic rock
B
extrusive rock
C
igneous rock
D
sedimentary rock
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