Science 1010
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Worksheet Chapter 22
5/17/2011
1. Which of the following is a characteristic property
11. Which of the following is not an igneous rock? (22.3)
of a mineral? (22.1)
(a) basalt
(c) sandstone
(a) naturally occurring(c) definite chemical composition (b) granite
(d) obsidian
(b)crystalline
(d) all of these
12. What are plutons? (22.4)
2. Which of the following is the softest mineral?
(a) bodies of intrusive igneous rocks
(22.1)
(b) explosive volcanoes
(a)talc
(c) diamond
(c) undersea metamorphic rocks
(b)gypsum
(d) quartz
(d) pyroclastic flows
3. The simple, common method of classifying minerals 13. Which of the following statements is true? (22.4)
depends on which general property? (22.1)
(a) Dikes are concordant rock bodies.
(a)physical
(c) nuclear
(b) Dikes are formed from lava.
(b)chemical
(d) optical
(c) Dikes are spherical in shape.
4. What does the Mohs scale measure? (22.1)
(d) Dikes are intrusive igneous rock.
(a)streak
(c) hardness
14. What type of volcano forms a layered, composite cone? (22.4)
(b)luster
(d) cleavage
(a) fumarole
(c) stratovolcano
5. Which of the following scientists is generally
(b) cinder cone
(d) shield volcano
designated "the father of geology"? (22.2)
15. How does sedimentary rock from the ocean floor sometimes en
(a) Friedrich Mohs
(c) Alfred Wegener
up in highland and mountainous regions on the Earth? (22.5)
(b)James Hutton
(d) Edwin Hubble
(a) Sedimentary rock is commonly made inside volcanoes.
6. What other term is synonymous with texture in a
(b) Wind and water carry the sediment to the mountaintops.
rock? (22.2)
(c) It is believed that asteroid impacts probably caused the sedimentary roc
(a)specific gravity (c) grain size
to move great distances.
(b)porosity
(d) streak
(d) The sedimentary rock was uplifted by powerful forces to form mountain
7. Which of the following is not one of the three
16. Which of these is an organic sedimentary rock? (22.5)
basic classes of rocks? (22.2)
(a) sandstone
(c) pumice
(a)igneous
(c) metamorphic
(b) shale "
(d) coal
(b)pyroclastic
(d) sedimentary
17. What is the process of transforming sediment into sedimentary rock call
8. Which of the following does the rock cycle
(22.5)
describe? (22.2)
(a) lithification
(c) metamorphism
(a) the interrelationships between rock-producing
(b) striation
(d) hardening
processes
18. To which rock does the metamorphosis of limestone lead? (22.
(b)the chemical composition of basaltic rocks
(a) marble
(c) schist
(c) subduction of lithospheric plates
(b) slate
(d) gneiss
(d)volcanic eruptions and magma viscosity
19. Metamorphism occurs for which class of rocks? (22.6)
9. Igneous rocks are classified according to their
(a) metamorphic
(c) igneous
combination of chemical composition and what
(b) sedimentary
(d) all of these
else? (22.3)
20. Which of these is not a common metamorphic rock? (22.6)
(a) age
(c) permeability
(a) gneiss
(c) slate
(b)texture
(d) density
(b) granite
(d) schist
10. What does the grain size of an igneous rock tells a
scientist about that rock? (22.3)
(a) the color of the rock
(b) the rate at which the molten rock cooled
(c) whether the rock will float in water
(d) the overall size of the rock
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