Rocks Quiz

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Here are 10 general questions about rocks.  Provide an answer for each question and then click SUBMIT.

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What can cause metamorphic rocks to form?

The rocks containing clay minerals

The rocks being heated and/or put under pressure

A long amount of time

The rocks being in groundwater

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What term is used to describe sediments becoming rock?

Lithification

Solidification

Sublimation

Precipitation

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Which of these rocks would you find being formed on the ocean floor?

Rhyolite

Marble

Schist

Mudstone

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Which of these rocks would you find being erupted from a volcano?

Shale

Marble

Schist

Basalt

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The main difference between gabbro and basalt is...

The amount of quartz then contain.

The size of the crystals.

The amount of feldspar they contain.

The color of them isf they are powdered.

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Sandstone is an example of..

A metamorphic rock

A meteorite

An igneous rock

A sedimentary rock

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Gneiss is an example of...

A metamorphic rock

An igneous rock

A sedimentary rock

A meteorite

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Rhyolite is an example of

A meteorite

A metamorphic rock

A sedimentary rock

An igneous rock

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When limestone is metamorphosed it becomes...

Schist

Marble

Granite

Slate

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Which of these sedimentary rocks would have the biggest fragments inside?

Conglomerate

Shale

Limestone

Mudstone

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