Metamorphic Rock Practice Test

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Metamorphic Rock Practice Test

1. Metamorphic rock is known as a

(a) purple-colored rock

(b) chameleon of rock types

(c) surface only rock

(d) ash rock type

2. Confining and directed pressure are

(a) childbirth options

(b) used to measure bicycle tire pressure

(c) pressures measured in the core

(d) two types of tectonic pressures

3. Transformed shale is called

(a) slate

(b) slant

(c) sliver

(d) magma

4. Metamorphic rocks are formed from

(a) rocks that were originally something else

(b) high-mountain rock

(c) only igneous rock

(d) only sedimentary rock

5. Slaty cleavage describes the way

(a) some people dress in v-necked shirts

(b) large sandwiches are cut at an angle

(c) rock breaks into plate-like pieces along flat planes

(d) rock forms in a volcanic vent

6. What marks the boundary of low- to high-grade metamorphic rock changes in a specific regional zone?

(a) police crime scene tape

(b) yellow curb paint

(c) index minerals

(d) transform faults

7. A marker line on a map connecting different areas of certain minerals is called a

(a) thermocline

(b) isograd

(c) graded curve

(d) isotherm

8. When mineral grains are parallel in the same plane, it is called

(a) foliation

(b) coloration

(c) nonfoliation

(d) deforestation

9. Metamorphic rock that contains both igneous and metamorphic rock is known as

(a) chloride

(b) shale

(c) diatomite

(d) migmatite

10. This metamorphic rock is often used as a paving and building stone

(a) mica

(b) gneiss

(c) shale

(d) obsidian

Answers:

1. B

2. D

3. A

4. A

5. C

6. C

7. B

8. A

9. D

10. B