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Rocks (Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic)
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What rock is this?
Rhyolite
Andesite
Basalt
Limestone
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What rock is this?
Rhyolite
Rhyolite Porphery
Andesite
Andesite Porphery
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What rock is this?
Granite
Pegmatite
Diorite
Rhyolite
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What rock is this?
Obsidian
Basalt
Andesite
Gabbro
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What rock is this?
Basalt
Gabbro
Diorite
Andesite
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What rock are these?
Pegmatite
Conglomerate
Granite
Diorite
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What rock is this?
Sandstone
Scoria
Pumice
Shale
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What rock is this?
oolitic sandstone
pumice
Scoria
limestone
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What rock is this?
Andesite Porphery
Basalt Porphyry
Basalt
Andesite
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What rock is this?
Obsidian
Scoria
Slate
Shale
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What rock is this?
Limestone
Rhyotlite
Andesite
Sandstone
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What rock is this?
Gabbro
Diorite
Gneiss
Amphibolite
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What rock is this?
Andesite Porphyry
Basalt Porphyry
conglomerate
Andesite
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Which rock below shows a porphyritic texture?
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Which rock shows a aphanitic texture?
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Which rock shows a vesicular texture?
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Which rock below is phaneritic?
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Which rock is intrusive?
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Which rock is extrusive?
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What color index would you give this rock?
Felsic
Intermediate
Mafic
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What color index would you give this rock?
Felsic
Intermediate
Mafic
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What color index would you give this rock?
Felsic
Intermediate
Mafic
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What color index would you give this rock?
Felsic
Intermediate
Mafic
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What color index is this rock?
Felsic
Intermediate
Mafic
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Which provides the most accurate description for this igneous rock.
Extrusive, aphanitic, and Mafic
Extrusive, aphanitic, mafic, porphyry
Extrusive, phaneritic, mafic
Intrusive, phaneritic, mafic
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What is the best description for this igneous rock?
Intrusive, Phaneritic, Mafic
Extrusive, Phaneritic, Mafic
Intrusive, Phaneritic, Intermediate
Intrusive, Phaneritic, Felsic
Intrusive, Aphanitic, intermediate
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What would be the best description of this rock?
Extrusive, aphanitic, vesicular, felsic
Extrusive, aphanitic, vesicular, mafic
Extrusive, phaneritic, glassy, mafic
Intrusive, aphanitic, vesicular, mafic
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What would be the best description of this rock?
Intrusive, Phaneritic, Mafic
Intrusive, Phaneritic, Intermediate
Intrusive, Aphanitic, Mafic
Extrusive, Phaneritic, Intermediate
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What best describes these igneous rocks?
Intrusive/extrusive, mafic, porphyritic
Intrusive/extrusive, intermediate, porphyritic
Intrusive/extrusive, felsic, porphyritic
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What is the best classification of this rock?
Intrusive, Pegmatitic, Felsic
Intrusive, Phaneritic, Felsic
Extrusive, Pegmatitic, Felsic
Intrusive, Pegmatitic, Intermediate
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Which type of rock is this? (Requires scraping to get fizzing).
Dolotsone
Rhyolite
Andestie
Inorganic Limestone
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What type of rock is this?
Sandstone
Shale
Welded Tuff
Conglomerate
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What kind of rock is this. Hint look at the side very carefully. It will fizz.
Sandstone
Rholite
Oolitic LImestone
Fossiliferous limestone
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What type of rock is this?
Andesite
Fossiliferous limestone
Rhyolite
Shale
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What type of rock is this?
Bituminous Coal
Obsidian
Shale
Basalt
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What type of rock is this? (Has fissility)
Shale
Siltsone
Rhyolite
Slate
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What rock is this? fine grained but still grainy to the chew. (Lacks fissility)
Sandstone
SIltstone
Shale
Rhyolite
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What rock is this? (it will fizz)
Inorganic Limestone
Andestie
Rhyolite
dolostone
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What type of rock is this. (very rough feeling)
Siltsone
Shale
Rhyolite
Sandstone
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What type of texture does this have?
Detrital/Clastic
Organic Clasts
Chemical
Glassy
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What texture does this rock have?
Aphanitic
Detrital/Clasitic
Chemical
Phaeritic
Organic Clastic
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What texture does this rock have?
Organic Clasts
Chemical
Propheritic
Detrital/Clastic
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What type of texture is this?
Detrital/Clastic
Pegmatic
Organic Clasts
Chemical
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What type of rock is this? (fizzes lightly after being scraped)
Detrital/Clastic
Organic Clastic
Chemical
Aphanitic
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Which of the main two sedimentary rocks is this?
Detrital
Chemical
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Of the main two sedimentary rocks what would this be classified as?
Intrusive
Exrusive
Detrital
Chemical
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What type of classification would this rock have? (Easily scraped and soft)
Aphanitic/intrusive
Detrital/clastic
Chemical/organic clasts
Chemical
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What type of classification would this rock have? (FIzzes)
Detrital/Clastic
Chemical/organic
Chemical/Clastic
Chemical/inorganic
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What type of environment could from in?
River
Lagoon
Beach
Glacial
Alluvial Fan
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What type of environment could form this rock?
Lake
Delta
Glacial Till
Outwash plain
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Which of the following rocks would you expect to form at a beach?
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Which of the following rocks only forms in a swamp?
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Which of the following rocks forms in an area that has shallow warm water increasing the amount of CaCO3 in the water?
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Which of the following rocks forms in a coral reef envrionment?
Shale
Inorganic Limestone
Fossiliferous limestone
Oolitic Limestone
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What fine grained rock is this (lacks fissility) and what environment might it form in?
Siltstone/Beach
Sandstone/Beach
Rhyolite/Volcanic eruption
Siltstone/Floodplain
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What type of rock is this? The dark mineral will scratch glass.
Amphibole Schists
Mica Schists
Diorite
Gabbro
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What type of rock is this?
Amphibole schists
Mica Schists
Gneiss
Granit
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What type of rock is this
Conglomerate
Metaconglomerate
granite
Gneiss
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What rock is this? It will fiz
Quartzite
Oolitic Limestone
Marble
Dolomite
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What rock is this?
Shale
Slate
Siltstone
Amphibole Schists
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What type of rock is this?
Amphibole Schists
Mica Schists
Diorite
Gneiss
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What rock is this? (does not fizz)
Quartzite
Marble
Sandstone
Rhyolite
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What type of texture does this rock have?
Foliated, Fine grained, dull luster and breaks into flat sheets
Foliated, coarse grained, two or more minerals in distinct bands
Non Foliated, fine to coarse grained, pieces don't rub off, does not fizz.
Non foliated, fine to coarse grained, looks like sugar crystals, fizzes
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Which texture describes this rock?
Foliated, Fine grained, dull luster and breaks into flat sheets
Foliated, coarse grained, two or more minerals in distinct bands
Non Foliated, fine to coarse grained, pieces don't rub off, does not fizz.
Non foliated, fine to coarse grained, looks like sugar crystals, fizzes
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What type of texture describes this rock?
Foliated, coarse grained, platy crystals of micas in bands
Foliated, coarse grained, two or more minerals in distinct bands
Non Foliated, fine to coarse grained, pieces don't rub off, does not fizz.
Non foliated, fine to coarse grained, looks like sugar crystals, fizzes
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What texture does this rock have?
Foliated, Fine grained, dull luster and breaks into flat sheets
Foliated, coarse grained, two or more minerals in distinct bands
Non Foliated, fine to coarse grained, pieces don't rub off, does not fizz.
Non foliated, fine to coarse grained, looks like sugar crystals, fizzes
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What texture does this rock have?
Foliated, Fine grained, dull luster and breaks into flat sheets
Foliated, coarse grained, two or more minerals in distinct bands
Non Foliated, fine to coarse grained, pieces don't rub off, does not fizz.
Non foliated, coarse grained, stretched or cut pebbles.
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What type of texture does this rock have?
Foliated, Fine grained, dull luster and breaks into flat sheets
Foliated, coarse grained, two or more minerals in distinct bands
Non Foliated, fine to coarse grained, pieces don't rub off, does not fizz.
Non foliated, fine to coarse grained, looks like sugar crystals, fizzes
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What texture does this rock have?
Foliated, medium to coarse grained, hornblende dominate mineral
Foliated, coarse grained, two or more minerals in distinct bands
Non Foliated, fine to coarse grained, pieces don't rub off, does not fizz.
Non foliated, fine to coarse grained, looks like sugar crystals, fizzes
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What was the parent rock of this metamorphic rock?
Schists
Slate
Sandstone
Limestone
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What is the parent rock of this metamorphic rock?
Conglomerate
Sandstone
Limestone
Schists
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What is the parent rock of this metamorphic rock (does not fizz).
Limestone
Sandstone
Conglomerate
Schists
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What is the parent rock of this metamorphic rock?
Schists
Phyllite
Sandstone
Limestone
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What is the parent rock of this metamorphic rock?
Shale
Slate
Schists
Limestone
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What is the parent rock of this metamorphic rock?
Slate
Phyllite
Schists
Sandstone
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Below is a picture of quartz and arkose sandstone. Which accuratly describes each?
Quartz sandstone (white to tan) is mainly made of quartz and well round grains, Arkose (more reddish) has more feldspar grains and the grains are more angular.
Quartz sandstone (white to tan) is mainly made of quartz and grains are more angular, Arkose (more reddish) has more feldspar grains and the grains are more rounded.