Name: ____________________________________Date:______________

ANSWERS KEY: I.MULTIPLE CHOICE<5PTS>

I.MULTIPLE CHOICE<5PTS>

1.Marble is a metamorphic rock that forms from a ___________

B1.Marble is a metamorphic rock that forms from a ___________
parent.
parent.

A. granite
A. granite
B. limestone
B. limestone
C. sandstone
C. sandstone
D. shale
D. shale

2. A Geologist suffers from a black eye after yelling "Gneiss!!!" to D2. A Geologist suffers from a black eye after yelling "Gneiss!!!"
a classmate, who happened to be sunning on a large boulder.
to a classmate, who happened to be sunning on a large
The geologist really meant to tell the classmate that the rock
boulder. The geologist really meant to tell the classmate that the
they were laying on _______________ .
rock they were laying on _______________ .

A. would fizz with the application of acid

A. would fizz with the application of acid
B. is commonly used in billiard table construction
B. is commonly used in billiard table construction
C. demonstrates schistosity
C. demonstrates schistosity
D. is a high-grade, silicate-rich, mineralogically banded
D. is a high-grade, silicate-rich, mineralogically banded
metamorphic rock
metamorphic rock

3. Within a 50 mile traverse you walk from a shale into a slate into
a phyllite. You are walking in the direction of _________ . A3. Within a 50 mile traverse you walk from a shale into a slate
into a phyllite. You are walking in the direction of _________ .
A. increasing metamorphic grade
B. decreasing metamorphic grade A. increasing metamorphic grade
C. increasing degree of contact metamorphism B. decreasing metamorphic grade
C. increasing degree of contact metamorphism
4. Rocks that have been changed from previously existing rocks
(but that were not completely melted) by the action of heat,
pressure, and associated chemical activity are__________ rocks. C4. Rocks that have been changed from previously existing
rocks (but that were not completely melted) by the action of
A. Intrusive heat, pressure, and associated chemical activity are__________
B. Igneous rocks.
C. Metamorphic
D. Sedimentary A. Intrusive
B. Igneous
5. Metamorphic rocks may form from _______ rocks. C. Metamorphic
D. Sedimentary
I. Igneous II. Sedimentary III. Other Metamorphic

A. I and II
D 5. Metamorphic rocks may form from _______ rocks.
B. II and III
C. I and III I. Igneous II. Sedimentary III. Other Metamorphic
D. I, II and III
A. I and II
II.DO WHAT IS ASKED <2PTS> B. II and III
C. I and III
Arrange the following lists of foliated rock according to D. I, II and III
increasing coarseness of texture.
II.DO WHAT IS ASKED <2PTS>
GNEISS –SLATE-SCHIST-PHYLLITE
Arrange the following lists of foliated rock according to
III. IDENTIFICATION <1PT> increasing coarseness of texture.

GNEISS –SLATE-SCHIST-PHYLLITE

1. This SLATE -PHYLLITE-SCHIST-GNEISS

metamorphic rock is
foliated, crystalline and III. IDENTIFICATION <1PT>
course grained from a
regional metamorphic GNEISS
area.
1. This
metamorphic rock is
foliated, crystalline and
IV. ENUMERATION<2PTS>
course grained from a
regional metamorphic
A. METAMORHPIC TEXTURES
area.

IV. ENUMERATION<2PTS>

A. METAMORHPIC TEXTURES

FOLIATED AND NON-FOLIATED