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Geology Review Questions
Name__________________________ Period___ Date
1.
Rock that formed from molten rock is classified as ________________.
2.
__________________ rock may contain fossils.
3.
Plutons are composed of ______________ rock.
4.
Sandstone and shale are _______ rock.
5.
What is a glacial erratic?
6.
What is an esker?
7.
Give three examples of minerals.
8.
The softest mineral is a 1 on the Mohs scale. What is the softest mineral? _________
9.
Mineral A is a 7 on the Mohs scale. Mineral B is an 8. Which will scratch the other?
_______
10.
Which mineral is the hardest?_________
11.
Describe one way mountains in New England were affected by the ice age.
12.
Obsidian is a glassy igneous rock. What does that tell you about how it formed?
13.
Soil in Maine is generally glacial till. What does that mean?
14.
Ice deposits ____ material.
a. sorted; b. unsorted
15.
Liquid water deposits _____ material.
a. sorted; b. unsorted
16.
The last ice age peaked about ____ years ago.
17.
The last ice age ended in Maine about _____ yars ago.
18.
Rock A has large crystals and is light in color. Rock B has medium-sized crystals and is dark
in color. What does this tell you about the two rocks?
19.
How did sea level change as the ice age ended?
20.
Describe how the shape of mountains in Maine was affected by glaciation.