Eduqas GCSE Geology Minerals and rocks overview quiz quiz
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Which property is generally the LEAST reliable for identifying a mineral?
A mineral is scratched by a steel blade but not by a copper coin. Its approximate hardness is:
Which mineral fizzes when dilute hydrochloric acid is added?
Why does fast cooling produce a fine-grained igneous rock?
Which rock is a coarse-grained, pale (felsic) intrusive igneous rock?
Hot watery fluids deposit galena and quartz along a fracture as they cool. What is this called?
Which sequence correctly lists how a sedimentary rock forms?
Very fine, clay-sized particles in a shale indicate deposition in which environment?
Well-rounded pebbles in a conglomerate tell you that the grains have:
Which statement about how most fossils form is correct?
Metamorphism changes a rock by recrystallisation in the solid state. What must NOT happen?
Contact metamorphism of a limestone next to a granite intrusion produces:
Which rock is foliated and forms by regional metamorphism of a mudstone at low grade?
Why is marble NOT foliated, even though it is a metamorphic rock?
Which pair of properties is independent, so a mineral can be high in one and low in the other?