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Question 1.
Rocks are classified according to the mode of origin. Match the rock group with the catch-phrase describing the origin.

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A matching question presents 3 answer choices and 3 items. The answer choices are lettered A through C. The items are numbered 1.1 through 1.3. Screen readers will read the answer choices first. Then each item will be presented along with a select menu for choosing an answer choice. Using the pull-down menus, match each item in the left column to the corresponding item in the right column.
A change form
B from fire
C to settle
 
 
 
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Question 2.
All the energy driving the processes of the Rock Cycle come from the Sun.

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Question 3.
Rocks are unchanging masses.

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Question 4.
Sediments are associated with

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Question 5.
We should study rocks


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Question 6.
Which one of the following is not an agent of metamorphism?

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Question 7.
The rock cycle allows us to view many of the interrelationships among different parts of the Earth system.

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Question 8.
Based on composition, rhyolite is the volcanic igneous rock equivalent to intrusive or plutonic granite.

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Question 9.
Igneous rocks are best classified according to texture and

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Question 10.
Rocks sometimes contain features left by gas bubbles that formed as the lava solidifed, and these features are called

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Question 11.
Slow cooling of magma results in the formation of small aphanitic mineral crystals.

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Question 12.
Which of the following terms is not used as one of the four basic igneous rock textures?

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Question 13.
According to Bowen's Reaction Series, quartz is often the first mineral to crystallize from a melt.

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Question 14.
Pumice is more likely to form from lava or melts containing low amounts of SiO2.

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Question 15.
Rocks associated with volcanic activity along the margins of continents often have a ________ composition.

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Question 16.
Rocks with abundant light-colored silicate minerals such as quartz and potassium feldspar are best described as

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Question 17.
Accumulation of silts and clays, and eventually the rocks siltstone and shale, is generally best associated with which one of the following environments?

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Question 18.
Detrital sedimentary rocks are subdivided according to

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Question 19.
Fossils found in sedimentary rocks can be used to

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Question 20.
Which of the following is not a chemical sedimentary rock?

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Question 21.
Loose particles accumulated after weathering of rocks and transported as solid particles are called detritus.

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Question 22.
Sedimentary rocks made up of very fine-grained sediment ("clay" sized) are called

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Question 23.
The single most characteristic feature of sedimentary rocks are

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Question 24.
Which of the following is not one of the most common cementing materials for detrital sedimentary rocks?

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Question 25.
Which of the following is considered a metamorphic rock?

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Question 26.
Which of the following is considered a non-foliated metamorphic rock?

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Question 27.
Mineral alignment in a metamorphic rock usually gives the rock a porphyritic texture.

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Question 28.
The recrystallization of limestone during contact metamorphism will form the metamorphic rock marble.

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Question 29.
Thermal metamorphism is directly responsible for the creation of linear mountain belts.

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Question 30.
Which of the following is least likely to form as a result of contact metamorphism?

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Question 31.
Hot metal-rich fluids associated with cooling magma bodies are called

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Question 32.
Disseminated gold (Au) and copper (Cu) deposits are not concentrated enough to be ore deposits.

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Question 33.
Hydrothermal solutions are responsible for important metallic ores found in vein and disseminated deposits.

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Question 34.
Metamorphic bituminous coal is characterized by a hard, shiny black nature and regarded as an important high-energy resource for industry.

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Question 35.
Rocks forming during later stages of magma crystallization may form unusually large crystals called

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