11/21: Quizizz HW: Rocks & Minerals Questions

Which statement is best supported by Bowen's Reaction Series?

• Most minerals crystallize at the same temperature.

• Most felsic minerals usually crystallize before most mafic minerals.

• Muscovite mica and quartz are the last minerals to crystallize as magma cools.

• Biotite mica is the first mineral to crystallize as magma cools.

Which rock was subjected to intense heat and pressure but did not solidify from magma?

• gabbro

• sandstone

• schist

• rhyolite

Which processes lead directly to the formation of igneous rock?

• weathering and erosion

• heat and pressure

• compaction and cementation

• melting and solidification

Which two processes lead directly to the formation of both breccia and conglomerate?

• melting and solidification

• compaction and cementation

• evaporation and precipitation

• heat and pressure

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Which texture best describes an igneous rock that formed deep underground?

• glassy

• fine grained

• vesicular

• coarse grained

Obsidian's glassy texture indicates that it formed

• slowly, deep below Earth's surface

• slowly, on Earth's surface

• quickly, deep below Earth's surface

• quickly, on Earth's surface

Identify two elements that are commonly found in all three minerals in the data table.

• Iron and Magnesium

• Silicon and Aluminum

• Oxygen and Magnesium

• Silicon and Sulfur

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Identify this igneous rock.

• Obsidian

• Basalt

• Diorite

• Andesite

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Identify two processes that formed this rock.

• Compaction and Cementation

• Melting and Solidification

• Weathering and Erosion

• Heat and Pressure

Most of the sediment that is compacted and later forms shale bedrock is

• clay

• silt

• sand

• pebbles