Rock and Mineral General Review

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Rock and Mineral General Review
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1. What metal is extracted from magnetite?

• A. Iron
• B. Aluminum
• C. Mercury
• D. Lead

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1. Iron
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2. What metal is extracted from Galena?

• A. Iron
• B. Lead
• C. Aluminum
• D. Sulfur

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2. Lead
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3.Intrusive igneous rocks have ___ crystals.

• A. Small
• B. No
• C. Large
• D. Not enough information

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3. Large
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4. Is granite intrusive or extrusive?
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4. intrusive
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5. Is sandstone

• A. Clastic
• B. Chemical
• C. Organic
• D. Metamorphic

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5. Clastic
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6. Is shale

• A. Clastic
• B. Chemical
• C. Organic
• D. Metamorphic

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6. Clastic
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7. The presence of layering in metamorphic rocks
is called

• A. Stratification
• B. Graded Bedding
• C. Foliation
• D. Faulting

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7. Foliation
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8. The primary mineral in limestone is

• A. Feldspar
• B. Calcite
• C. Coal
• D. Quartz

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8. Calcite
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9. What do you call the color of a minerals
powder?

• A. luster
• B. stripe
• C. bent
• D. streak

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9. streak
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10. There are two main categories of this
metallic and nonmetallic

• A. Hardness
• B. Luster
• C. Streak
• D. Fracture

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10. Luster
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What are the 5 characteristics of a mineral?
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ICANS

• I - Inorganic
• C - Chemical Composition is Definite
• A - Atomic Arrangement is Ordered
• N - Naturally Occurring
• S - Solid

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Write out the acronym and (define it that) that
tells you everything about an intrusive igneous
rock.
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BIMPS

• B - Big Crystals
• I - Intrusive
• M - Magma
• P - Plutonic
• S - Slow Cooling

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Write out the acronym and (define it that) tells
you everything about an extrusive igneous rock.
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ELVFS

• E - Extrusive
• L - Lava
• V - Volcanic
• F - Fast Cooling
• S - Small Crystals