STATION A

1. What type(s) of specimens are these?

a. Minerals
b. Sedimentary
c. Igneous
d. Metamorphic
e. Both B and D

2. These specimens have been used in

a. Steam locomotives
b. Steel furnaces
c. Neither A nor B
d. Both a and b

3. Which rock has very tiny fossils?

a. Anthracite Coal
b. Bituminous Coal
c. Basalt
d. Slate

4. Which specimen has the higher carbon content

a. Specimen A
b. Specimen B
c. They are equal in carbon content
d. Neither, they contain no carbon

5. What is a rock?
a. Another word for concrete.
b. A natural combination of one or more minerals
c. An organic solid with economic value
d. A fragment of the Earth’s crust
Station B

6. The specimen in this box is

a. Lead Ore
b. Pure Carbon
c. Decaying plant, swamp, or bog
d. Iron Ore

7. The streak of this specimen is

a. Brownish-red
b. Orange
c. Red
d. Black

8. What is NOT a common use for this specimen?

a. Pencils
b. Fishing Rod
c. Golf Club
d. Landscaping Decoration

9. What is the luster of this specimen?

a. Sub-metallic
b. Non-metallic
c. Metallic
d. Vitreous
e. Dull

10. What is the tendency to split along a definite crystalline plate yielding a smooth surface?
a. Fracture
b. Structure
c. Habitat
d. Cleavage
Station C

11. What type(s) of specimens are these?

a. Minerals
b. Sedimentary
c. Igneous
d. Metamorphic
e. Both A and C

12. Specimen A is
a. Galena
b. Garnet Schist
c. Gneiss
d. Metaquartzite

13. The crystals in specimen A are

a. Garnet Crystals
b. Quartz Crystals
c. Mica
d. Metaquartzite
e. Fluorite

14. Specimen B is
a. Metaquartzite
b. Marble
c. Gneiss
d. K-Feldspar

15. The stripes in Specimen B are due to

a. Deposit on Sediment Layers
b. The reorganization of minerals during metamorphosis
c. Crystal development during the cooling of magma
d. Impurities in the rock
Station D

16. Specimen A was

a. Formed when magma cooled
b. Formed when lava cooled
c. Formed when quartz and feldspar cemented together
d. Formed through metamorphosis from gneiss

17. Specimen A is used

a. Mainly in art, as sculpture
b. Mainly in roads
c. Mainly in landscaping
d. Mainly ground to a fine powder in polishes
e. Mainly in buildings as countertops, tile, and more

18. Specimen B was

a. Formed through erosion
b. Formed from sandstone through metamorphosis
c. Was formed from quartz and feldspar cemented together
d. Was formed when lava cooled

19. Specimen B is considered to have what texture?

a. Smooth
b. Fine-grained
c. Medium-grained
d. Coarse-grained
e. Pebbly

20. Igneous rocks can become metamorphic through

a. Plate tectonics squeezing intrusive rocks
b. Glacial scour
c. Volcanic eruption
d. Erosion and Compression
Station E

21. These specimens are alike in that

a. They both float in water
b. They both have air holes
c. They are both formed by lava
d. They both have the same fracture tendencies
e. They both react to acid

22. Specimen B is also called

a. Soapstone
b. Nature’s Glass
c. Fool’s gold
d. Puddingstone
e. Salt

23. Specimen A can be found in

a. Ancient Tools
b. Sculptures
c. Electronics
d. Soaps and polishes

24. The difference in the surfaces of these specimens was created by

a. The way in which the lava cooled
b. The sediments they contain
c. Erosion
d. Heat and pressure

25. These specimens are at the beginning of the rock cycle, and sand is at the end
a. True
b. False
c. Both A and B
d. Neither A nor B
Station F

26. Where does the energy that drives the rock cycle come from?
a. Solar Energy
b. Radioactive Energy from inside the Earth
c. Gravity
d. Both A and B
e. All of the above

27. Which photo shows evidence of physical weathering?

a. Photo A
b. Photo B
c. Photo C
d. Both Photo A and Photo C

28. Which photo shows evidence of chemical weathering?

a. Photo A
b. Photo B
c. Photo C
d. Both Photo A and Photo B

29. Which photo shows evidence of biological weathering?

a. Photo A
b. Photo B
c. Photo C
d. Both Photo B and Photo C

30. All of the following cause erosion EXCEPT

a. Ice
b. Wind
c. Running Water
d. Plate Tectonics
Station F

Photo A
The writing on this cemetery headstone used to be sharp and clear

Photo B

This Tree has split apart a large rock

Photo C

Sharp-edged Boulders produced by Frost

Wedging