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Metamorphic Rocks
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1What is the composition of slate?
- AMuscovite, quartz, clay minerals
- BClay minerals, quartz, mica
- CMuscovite, quartz, garnet
- DQuartz
2What is the composition of schist?
- AQuartz, feldspar, mafic minerals
- BClay minerals, quartz, mica
- CMuscovite, quartz, garnet
- DQuartz
3What is the composition of gneiss?
- AMuscovite, quartz, clay minerals
- BCalcite
- CClay minerals, quartz, mica
- DQuartz, feldspar, mafic minerals
4What is the composition of marble?
- A100% quartz
- B100% calcite
5What is the composition of metaquartzite?
- AQuartz
- BClay minerals
- CCalcite
6What is the composition of spotted rock?
- AClay minerals, quartz, mica
- BMuscovite, quartz, clay minerals
- CQuartz, feldspar, mafic minerals
- DGarnet, muscovite, quartz
7Complete the table of parent rocks.
- AClay / Shale
- BSlate
- CSlate_
- DOrthoquartzite
- ESchist
- FOolitic Limestone
8Which of the following are properties of slate?
- AForms schistosity
- BFine grained
- CSugary texture
- DMinerals are aligned by pressure forming slaty cleavage.
9Complete the following statements about schist:
It contains large garnet [blank_start]porphyroblasts[blank_end].
The alignment of [blank_start]muscovite[blank_end] is 90 degrees to the pressure.- Aporphyroblasts
- Bmuscovite
10Complete these statements about gneiss:
[blank_start]Gneissose banding[blank_end] forms.
Dark bands are made of [blank_start]mafic minerals[blank_end] eg. [blank_start]biotite[blank_end].
Light bands are made of [blank_start]quartz[blank_end] and [blank_start]k feldspar[blank_end].- AGneissose banding
- BSchistosity
- Csilicic minerals
- Dmafic minerals
- Emuscovite
- Fquartz
- Gbiotite
- Hquartz
- Icalcite
- Jplagioclase feldspar
- Kpotassium feldspar
11The spots in spotted rock are made of black organic material or biotite.
- ATrue
- BFalse
12The texture of marble is described as [blank_start]sugary[blank_end].
If their were impurities in the parent rock then [blank_start]coloured streaks[blank_end] will be visible in the marble.- Asugary
- Bcoarse
- Cglassy
- Dspots of biotite
- Ecoloured streaks
- Fgarnet porphyroblasts
13Label the igneous rock graph.
- ASedimentary
- BContact Metamorphism
- CRegional Metamorphism
- DBurial Metamorphism
- EIgneous
- FGneiss
- GSchist
- HSlate
- IMarble
- JSpotted Rock
- KMarble & Metaquatzite
- LMetaquartzite
14At which plate margins does regional metamorphism occur?
- AConservative
- BOceanic-Oceanic divergent
- CContinental-continental convergent
- DOceanic-continental convergent
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- AS - Level Geology (F792) Quiz on Metamorphic Rocks, created by Izzy Backhouse on 17/04/2016.
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- Created on 17 Apr 2016 · updated on 14 Dec 2016
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