Download Metamorphic Rock Classification Quiz

Metamorphic Rock Classification Quiz
1) Slate is a metamorphic rock made from
a) Granite
b) Limestone
c) Shale
d) Sandstone
2) The difference in rocks from slate to phyllite to schist to gneiss is an increase in
a) The size of the crystals of the parent rock.
b) Silica.
c) Heat and pressure of metamorphism.
d) The number of mafic minerals.
3) Hornfels, quartzite and marble are all foliated.
a) True
b) False
4) The more extreme the amount of metamorphism, the easier it is to tell what the
original rock was.
a) True
b) False
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5) Quartzite is a metamorphic rock made from this rock.
a) Shale
b) Sandstone
c) Limestone
d) Granite
6) Marble is metamorphosed sandstone.
a) True
b) False
7) Gneiss displays bands because it
a) Has undergone extreme metamorphism.
b) Is metamorphosed layered sedimentary rock.
c) Is metamorphosed hornfels.
d) Is chemically altered.
8) Metamorphism of limestone turns into this rock.
a) Gneiss
b) Hornfels
c) Quartzite
d) Marble
9) Metaconglomerate is non-foliated and displays the pebbles that were part of it
when it was a sedimentary rock.
a) True
b) False
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10) This metamorphic rock derived from clay.
a) Slate
b) Phyllite
c) Schist
d) All of the above
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