igneous rocks

Name: NicoleVotinelli Date:

1. Which dierence between gabbro bedrock and 3. The accompanying table indicates the presence of
granite bedrock causes seismic waves to travel various minerals in dierent rock samples.
faster in gabbro than in granite?

0A.B. Gabbro is more dense than granite.

Gabbro has greater permeability than granite.

C. Gabbro has a darker color than granite.

D. Gabbro is made of smaller mineral grains

than granite.
Which statement is an accurate conclusion based
on the information provided in the table?

A. Most rocks are one

monomineralic.
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B. alltheminerals
All rocks are polymineralic.

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C. Many rocks have a number of minerals in
2. The accompanying geologic cross section shows
common.
variations of mineral composition that can be
observed in the Palisades Sill in southeastern New D. Only igneous rocks contain quartz.
York State. The Palisades Sill is an intrusive
igneous rock called diabase.

4. Which characteristic provides the best evidence that

obsidian rock formed in an extrusive environment?

A. layers of rounded fragments

B. distorted bands of large mineral crystals

Which other igneous rock is closest to diabase in
mineral composition? C. noncrystalline glassy texture

D. mineral cement between grains

A. andesite B. granite

C. rhyolite
OD. gabbro

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5. The accompanying photograph shows actual crystal 6.
sizes in a light-colored igneous rock that contains
several minerals, including potassium feldspar,
quartz, and biotite mica.
Which graph best represents the relative densities
of three dierent types of igneous rock?
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B.
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The rock should be identified as

A. granite B. gabbro
0C. basalt D. rhyolite

C.

D.
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7. Which igneous rock has a vesicular texture and a 8. Which graph best represents the textures of granite,
felsic composition? pegmatite, and rhyolite?

A. pumice B. basalt A.

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C. granite
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D. scoria

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coarse
very
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D.

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 9. Which texture best describes an igneous rock that 11. The photograph below shows an outcrop where
formed deep underground? a light-colored, igneous rock is cross cut by a
dark-colored, igneous rock.
A. glassy B. vesicular

C. fine grained D. coarse grained

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10. Base your answer(s) to the following question(s)

on the table and photograph below and on your
knowledge of Earth science. The table shows the This fine-grained, dark-colored, igneous rock is
approximate mineral percent composition of an most likely
igneous rock. The photograph shows the true-scale
crystal sizes in this igneous rock.
A. rhyolite B. diorite
Mineral Name Percentage of

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C. basalt D. gabbro
Mineral Present
plagioclase feldspar 55%
biotite 15%
amphinole 30%

Identify this igneous rock.

Diorite
coarse
hasvisiblecrystals
hastheminerals

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12. Base your answer(s) to the following question(s)
on the Earth Science Reference Tables, the cross
section below, and your knowledge of Earth
science. Letters A through J represent rock units.
An uncomformity is shown at letter X. A fault is
shown at letter Y.
14. Base your answer(s) to the following question(s)
on the Earth Science Reference Tables, the table
below, and your knowledge of Earth science. The
table provides information about the crystal sizes
and the mineral compositions of four igneous
rocks, A, B, C, and D.

Rock I was formed deep underground and is Rock B most likely is

composed of 70% pyroxene, 15% plagioclase, 10%
olivine, and 5% hornblende. Rock I is classified
A. conglomerate B. schist
as
amphibole
A. granite B. gabbro
C. obsidian
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D. peridotite

C. rhyolite D. basalt

13. Which relative concentration of elements is found

in a mafic rock? 15. Which extrusive igneous rock is composed
of approximately 40% quartz, 20% potassium
feldspar, 20% plagioclase feldspar, 10% biotite
A. a high concentration of silicon and a low mica, and 10% hornblende?

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concentration of iron
B. a high concentration of iron and a low A. rhyolite B. gabbro
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concentration of aluminum
C. granite D. basalt
C. a high concentration of aluminum and a low

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concentration of iron
D. a high concentration of aluminum and a low
concentration of magnesium

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16. Base your answer(s) to the following question(s) 18. An extrusive igneous rock with a mineral
on the Earth Science Reference Tables and on composition of 35% quartz, 35% potassium
your knowledge of Earth science. feldspar, 15% plagioclase feldspar, 10% biotite,
and 5% amphibole is called
A fine-grained igneous rock composed mostly of
plagioclase feldspar and hornblende and containing
no quartz or pyroxene would be classified as
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A. rhyolite B. granite

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C.
granite

peridotite
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B. andesite

D. scoria
C. gabbro D. basaltic glass

19. Compared to felsic igneous rocks, mafic igneous

17. For an igneous rock to be classified as rhyolite, it rocks contain greater amounts of
must be light colored, be fine grained, and contain
A. white quartz B. aluminum

oA.C. quartz

pyroxene
B. calcite

D. olivine
C. pink feldspar
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D. iron

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20. The diagrams below show the crystals of four dierent rocks viewed through the same hand lens. Which crystals
most likely formed from molten material that cooled and solidified most rapidly?

A. B.

C. D.

21. Which common rock is formed from the 22. Rocks can be classified as sedimentary, igneous,
solidification of molten material? or metamorphic based primarily upon dierences
in their
A. rock gypsum B. slate
A. color B. density
C. rhyolite D. coal
C. origin D. age

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23. Which rock most probably formed directly from 24. Which intrusive igneous rock could be composed
lava cooling quickly at Earth’s surface? of approximately 60% pyroxene, 25% plagioclase
feldspar, 10% olivine, and 5% amphibole?
A.
A. noolivine
granite B. rhyolite
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C. gabbro D. basalt

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B.

C.
25. The three statements below are observations of the
same rock sample:

• The rock has intergrown crystals from 2 to

3 millimeters in diameter.
• The minerals in the rock are gray feldspar, green
olivine, green pyroxene, and black amphibole.
• There are no visible gas pockets in the rock.
This rock sample is most likely
D.

A. sandstone B. gabbro

C. granite D. phyllite

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