Question

Base your answers to questions 75 through 79 on the map and table below and on your knowledge of Earth

science. The map shows the area where the Battenkill River flows into the Hudson River north of Albany,
New York. Point A indicates a location within the Battenkill River. The table shows the densities of four
common minerals found in Hudson River sediments.

Some of the sediments transported by the Hudson River came from metamorphic rock. Identify one
foliated metamorphic rock that contains all four minerals listed in the mineral density table. [1]

Answer 1

Based on previous answers and the picture given ,I can identify one or more of the foliated metamorphic rocks that contain all four minerals listed in the mineral density table. Three of the rocks are gneiss, schist, and phyllite.