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Types of Rocks: Quiz

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  1. 1How is this rock called?
    -Type: sedimentary
    -Description: densly packed, high absorption rate, clastic
    -Formation: Formation under water; moslty on the seafloor; clay-like
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    1. ASandstone
    2. BMudstone
    3. CBasalt
    4. DArkose
    5. EPumice
  2. 2How is this rock called?
    -Type: Igneous
    -Description: amygladoial, phaneritic, aplitic, always black
    -Formation: extrusive magma solidification (also under water)    Image for question 2
    1. AObsidian
    2. BDiorite
    3. CBasalt
    4. DGabbro
    5. EPumice
  3. 3How is this rock called?
    -Type: sedimentary
    -Description: consists of SiO2 Skeletons of underwater Organisms, dark red
    -Formation: biogenic formation, in the deep sea,     Image for question 3
    1. ARadiolarite
    2. BSlate
    3. CSchist
    4. DLimestone
    5. EArkose
  4. 4How is this rock called?
    -Type: Igneous
    -Description: amygladioal, phanteritic, pegmatitic
    -Formation: intrusive magma solidification, autochthonus    Image for question 4
    1. AMarble
    2. BQuartzite
    3. CGabbro
    4. DGneiss
    5. EGranite
  5. 5How is this rock called?
    -Type: metamorphoric
    -Description: hornfelsic, small shiny spots, thin layers
    -Formation: chemical separation, high heat exposure    Image for question 5
    1. AQuartzite
    2. BMarble
    3. CSchist
    4. DSlate
    5. EArkose
  6. 6How is this rock called?
    -Type: igneous
    -Description: rough textured with holes
    -Formation: Highly pressurized rock ejected from a volcano    Image for question 6
    1. APumice
    2. BObsidian
    3. CBasalt
    4. DDiorite
    5. EBreccia
  7. 7How is this rock called?
    -Type: metamorphic
    -Description: thin lines, white spots in the layers
    -Formation: metamorphic "reheated" Granite, resulting in lineation    Image for question 7
    1. ASchist
    2. BDiorite
    3. CArkose
    4. DGneiss
    5. EGabbro
  8. 8How is this rock called?
    -Type: Igneous
    -Description: Phaneritic, porphyritic, pegmatitic, amygladoial
    -Formation: intrusive magma solidification, slow cooling    Image for question 8
    1. AConglomerate
    2. BDiorite
    3. CGabbro
    4. DGneiss
    5. ESandstone
  9. 9How is this rock called?
    -Type: Igneous
    -Description: amygladoial, larger minerals compared with other rocks
    -Formation: intrusive magma solidification, a lot time to cool    Image for question 9
    1. AGabbro
    2. BGneiss
    3. CConglomerate
    4. DBreccia
    5. EArkose
  10. 10How is this rock called?
    -Type: sedimentary
    -Description: soft rock, with very little Quartz in it
    -Formation: fluvial sediment; deposited in rivers    Image for question 10
    1. AArkose
    2. BConglomerate
    3. CLimestone
    4. DSandstone
    5. ERadiolarite

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