Metamorphic Rocks

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AS - Level Geology (F792) Quiz on Metamorphic Rocks, created by Izzy Backhouse on 17/04/2016.
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Question 1

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What is the composition of slate?
Answer
  • Muscovite, quartz, clay minerals
  • Clay minerals, quartz, mica
  • Muscovite, quartz, garnet
  • Quartz

Question 2

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What is the composition of schist?
Answer
  • Quartz, feldspar, mafic minerals
  • Clay minerals, quartz, mica
  • Muscovite, quartz, garnet
  • Quartz

Question 3

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What is the composition of gneiss?
Answer
  • Muscovite, quartz, clay minerals
  • Calcite
  • Clay minerals, quartz, mica
  • Quartz, feldspar, mafic minerals

Question 4

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What is the composition of marble?
Answer
  • 100% quartz
  • 100% calcite

Question 5

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What is the composition of metaquartzite?
Answer
  • Quartz
  • Clay minerals
  • Calcite

Question 6

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What is the composition of spotted rock?
Answer
  • Clay minerals, quartz, mica
  • Muscovite, quartz, clay minerals
  • Quartz, feldspar, mafic minerals
  • Garnet, muscovite, quartz

Question 7

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Complete the table of parent rocks.
Answer
  • Clay / Shale
  • Slate
  • Slate_
  • Orthoquartzite
  • Schist
  • Oolitic Limestone

Question 8

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Which of the following are properties of slate?
Answer
  • Forms schistosity
  • Fine grained
  • Sugary texture
  • Minerals are aligned by pressure forming slaty cleavage.

Question 9

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Complete 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.
Answer
  • porphyroblasts
  • muscovite

Question 10

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Complete 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].
Answer
  • Gneissose banding
  • Schistosity
  • silicic minerals
  • mafic minerals
  • muscovite
  • quartz
  • biotite
  • quartz
  • calcite
  • plagioclase feldspar
  • potassium feldspar

Question 11

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The spots in spotted rock are made of black organic material or biotite.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 12

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The 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.
Answer
  • sugary
  • coarse
  • glassy
  • spots of biotite
  • coloured streaks
  • garnet porphyroblasts

Question 13

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Label the igneous rock graph.
Answer
  • Sedimentary
  • Contact Metamorphism
  • Regional Metamorphism
  • Burial Metamorphism
  • Igneous
  • Gneiss
  • Schist
  • Slate
  • Marble
  • Spotted Rock
  • Marble & Metaquatzite
  • Metaquartzite

Question 14

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At which plate margins does regional metamorphism occur?
Answer
  • Conservative
  • Oceanic-Oceanic divergent
  • Continental-continental convergent
  • Oceanic-continental convergent
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