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Science SOL ES.6
1. What process does the number
“3” in the rock-cycle diagram
indicate?
4. What is intrusive or plutonic
igneous rock?
A
B
C
D
magma that cooled slowly
lava that cooled on the surface
basalt rock and obsidian
magma that formed and cooled
underground.
5. Sedimentary rocks can be sorted
according to particle size. Which
list below is correctly sorted from
the smallest to largest particle
size?
A
B
C
D
weathering, erosion, transportation,
and deposition
chemical change due to heat and
pressure
cooling and solidifying
melting under extremely high
temperature
2. What are the two most common
elements in the Earth’s crust?
A
B
C
D
6. How can limestone be formed?
A
B
C
D
A
B
C
D
oxygen and silicon
oxygen and hydrogen
carbon and iron
carbon and sulfur
3. How are igneous rocks primarily
classified?
A
B
C
D
chemical composition and hardness
color and hardness
chemical composition and texture
texture and color
sandstone  breccia  shale
breccia shale sandstone
breccia sandstone shale
shale sandstone breccia
by chemical processes only
by organic activity only
either by chemical processes or by
organic activity
either by fragmenting of other rock
or by chemical processes
7. Metamorphic rocks are produced
by what forces acting on other
rocks?
A
B
C
D
heat only
chemical action and pressure
pressure and heat
heat and chemical action
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8. The major change that all rocks
can undergo is which of the
following?
A
B
C
D
cooling and crystallization
erosion and deposition
heat and pressure
melting
9. Which of the following correctly
pairs a rock with its actual
metamorphic derivative?
A
B
C
D
chalk and marble
shale and gneiss
granite and slate
obsidian and quartzite
12. Virginia sedimentary rocks are
formed by cementation or
chemical deposition. Which of the
following is a sedimentary rock?
A
B
C
D
gneiss
limestone
slate
granite
13. Igneous rocks are formed by
cooling magma. Which of these
Virginia rocks is igneous?
A
B
C
D
granite
schist
marble
limestone
10. Which type of rock usually breaks
down the quickest?
A
B
C
D
sedimentary
igneous
metamorphic
magma
Continue
11. Virginia metamorphic rocks have
undergone a physical or chemical
change. Which of the following is
a metamorphic rock?
A
B
C
D
basalt
rhyolite
gneiss
granite
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Use this chart to answer the next four questions.
Changes During Metamorphism
Low Temperature
Parent Rock
shale
Low
Pressure
slate
phylite
quartz
sandstone
limestone
High Pressure
schist
marble
serpentinite
basalt
amphibolite or schist
slate
schist
gneiss
granite
soft coal
(bituminous)
gneiss
hard coal
(anthracite)
14. Which of the following rocks can
be formed when subjected to high
heat and pressure during
metamorphism?
A
B
C
D
granite
gneiss
felsite
shale
Very High
Temperature
Very High
Pressure
gneiss
quartzite
peridotite
felsite
High
Temperature
Medium
Temperature
Medium Pressure
graphite
M
E
L
T
I
N
G
16. Serpentine at low temperature
and pressure forms from what
rock?
A
B
C
D
shale
basalt
peridotite
granite
15. Shale cannot be metamorphosed
into which of the following rock
types?
17. Bituminous coal at medium
temperature and pressure forms
what type of rock?
A
B
C
D
A
B
C
D
graphite
phyilite
schist
gneiss
soft coal
anthracite
gneiss
graphite
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