Chapter 5 Test

Rocks and Minerals II

Name___________________

 

  1. Name the four eras of geologic time in order from the oldest era to present era.
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  2. What was the dominant animal of the Mesozoic?
  3. What was the dominant animal of the Cenozoic?
  4. What three forces cause weathering?
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  5. Name the three processes that form sedimentary rocks.
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  6. How does coal form?
  7. What is the difference and the similarity of stalagmites and stalactites?
  8. What is a metamorphic rock?

Match the following terms with the corresponding definition.

  1. ____ Shale
  2. ____ Marble
  3. ____ Regional
  4. ____ Physical
  5. ____ Gneiss
  6. ____ Limestone
  7. ____ Weathering
  8. ____ Contact
  9. ____ Sediment
  10. ____ Deposition
  11. ____ Biological

 

  1.  The parent rock of this metamorphic rock is limestone.
  2.  A metamorphic rock that is similar to granite in composition.
  3.  Breaking down of rock by ice, Metamorphic wind, and water.
  4.  A sedimentary rock made of Change calcium carbonate.
  5.  A type of metamorphism caused by extreme heat from volcanic activity.
  6.  A type of metamorphism caused by large scale mountain building.  
  7.  Broken pieces of rock.
  8.  The most common Metamorphism sedimentary rock produced by the cementation of clay and silt.
  9.  The laying down of sediment by natural causes. 
  10.  Mountain building, climate
  11.  Fish to amphibian to reptile to Change mammal