Earth Science Final Practice Test - Final Exam Prep

A mineral tends to break along a plane and has smooth and flat surfaces. What property does this mineral exhibit?

• Cleavage
• Fracture
• Metallic luster
• Nonmetallic luster

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a rock?

• A rock is mixture or aggregate of minerals
• A rock is mostly inorganic but can be organic
• A rock can contain fossils
• A rock is a chemically pure substance

Which type of rock forms when magma cools and hardens?

• Igneous rock
• Sedimentary rock
• Metamorphic rock

A student is studying an igneous rock. The rocky is very shiny and glass-like. What can she predict about the rock?

• The rock must have formed when magma or lava cooled very slowly
• The rock must have formed when magma or lava cooled somewhat slowly
• The rock must have formed when magma or lava cooled somewhat fast
• The rock must have formed when magma or lava cooled very quickly

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What causes a buried rock to become a metamorphic rock?

• Time
• Heat and/or pressure
• Weathering
• Melting

Which of the following shows the steps of sedimentary rock formation in correct order?

• Deposition --> Cementation --> Compaction
• Deposition --> Compaction --> Cementation
• Compaction --> Cementation --> Deposition
• Cementation --> Deposition --> Compaction

According to the rock cycle, what kind of rock can become sediment?

• Igneous rock
• Sedimentary rock
• Metamorphic rock
• All of the above

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The rock below is gneiss. You can see foliation present (the different color bands). What type of rock is this?

• Igneous
• Sedimentary
• Metamorphic
• Intrusive

Frost wedging is a type of:

• a. Physical weathering
• b. Biological weathering
• c. Chemical weathering
• d. Biochemical weathering

Repeated temperature change can cause rocks to break apart in sheets. We call this:

• a. Temperature wedging
• b. Exfoliation
• c. Carbonation
• d. Abrasion