Geology Foundations Review 23-24 OL

Geology Foundations Review 23-24 OL

I can describe the characteristics of a mineral.

Multiple Choice

An object that is solid, formed in nature, and has never been alive

• sand castle
• mineral
• plant

I can identify and describe the physical properties of hardness, color, luster, and streak of minerals.

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A shiny material is described as having a __________________ luster

• metallic
• nonmetallic

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What is the LEAST useful way to identify a mineral?

• luster
• streak
• color
• density

I can use Moh’s scale and perform the hardness test for minerals.

Multiple Choice

Calcite can scratch -

• Apatite

• Fluorite

• Talc

Multiple Choice

Diamond is the hardest mineral.

• True

• False

​I can use hardness, streak, color, and luster to classify minerals.

I can test the physical properties of hardness, color, luster, and streak to identify minerals.

Multiple Choice

If a mineral can SCRATCH another one, it is -

• harder than the mineral

• weaker than the mineral

• the same mineral

Multiple Choice

What type of property test is a mineralogist conducting when she rubs a mineral over a mirror, tile, or hard surface?

• Streak Test

• Luster Test

• Appearance Test

• Cracking Test

I can describe how rocks transform from one type to another in the rock cycle.

Multiple Choice

A solid material that is made up of one or more minerals.

• mineral
• rock
• fossil
• soil

Multiple Choice

What are the 3 major types of rocks?

• Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
• Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation
• Brown, Red, Gray
• Streak, Hardness, Breakage

I can describe how sediments are formed.

I can describe how compacting and cementing forms sedimentary rock.

Multiple Choice

What is the small broken down pieces of rock called?

• dirt
• grime
• sediment
• popcorn

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Rock formed from materials that have settles into layers from weathering

• igneous rock
• sedimentary rock
• metamorphic rock

Multiple Choice

What is the small broken down pieces of rock called?

• dirt
• grime
• sediment
• popcorn

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When sediments are pressed together tightly, this is called ____________.

• Compaction
• Cementation
• Weathering
• Erosion

​I can describe how melting and cooling forms igneous rocks.

I can describe the difference between magma and lava and how this affects the formation of igneous rock.

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What causes igneous rocks to form

• pressure

• cooling magma and lava

• compaction

• cementation

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_______ rock forms from magma/lava

• Metamorphic
• Sedimentary
• Igneous

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A rock made of magma that cools inside the Earth and contains large crystals?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Magma

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Two types of igneous rocks are:

• Interior and exterior

• Intrusive and extrusive

• Inside and outside

• Enter and exit

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​I can describe how heat and pressure form metamorphic rock.

Multiple Choice

The process by which metamorphic rocks are formed...

• heat and pressure
• erosion and deposition
• melting and cooling

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How can a Metamorphic rock become an Igneous rock?

• Weathering and Erosion

• Compaction and Cementation

• Heat and Pressurew

• Melting and cooling

Multiple Choice

Rocks formed by heat and pressure beneath the Earth's surface are...

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

• magma

Weathering
Erosion
Deposition

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This rock was formed by smaller pieces of rock that settled at the bottom of a lake millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Metamorphic

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A student wanted to conduct a series of tests to identify different minerals. Which list below shows the tests that the student should conduct on each of the different minerals?

• color, taste, shape, and size

• hardness, color, luster, and streak

• taste, hardness, color, and size

• streak, size, taste, and shape

Multiple Choice

In a comparative investigation, students had to identify different mineral specimens. Which physical property is the LEAST reliable for identifying one mineral from another because it cannot be measured?

• streak

• hardness

• cleavage

• color

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Minerals can be identified using the physical properties hardness, streak, and cleavage because

• crystal structure is too hard to determine.

• minerals have different recognizable properties.

• crystal size is determined by the environment.

• minerals are inorganic.

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Students have a rock sample that may contain the mineral hematite. They know that hematite has a red or rusty streak. How can the students determine the color of the streak in the rock sample?

• use a rock with the known mineral to strike the sample

• rub the sample on a piece of porcelain  tile

• use a file to break off a piece of the sample

• scratch the sample with an iron nail

Multiple Choice

A metamorphic rock becomes an igneous rock by...

• melting completely, then cooling

• weathering into sediments, then eroding

• compacting under pressure and cementing

• changing shape under heat and pressure

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The process of weathering creates ___________ rock.

• metamorphic

• igneous

• sedimentary

• all rock types

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What process happens at X

• cooling

• melting

• weathering

• heat and pressure

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What process occurs at Z

• melting

• cooling

• weathering

• heat and pressure

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What process occurs at Y?

• cooling and melting

• heat and pressure

• weathering

• erosion

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If a sedimentary rock like sandstone gets put under heat and pressure, what does it become?

• it stays as sedimentary sandstone

• it becomes metamorphic quartzite

• it melts completely to igneous basalt

• it becomes a different type of sedimentary rock

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Most of the ocean floor is a type of rock called basalt.  At the edge of continents, this basalt erodes and becomes small particles.  Over time, the particles are cemented and compacted together and form what type of rock?

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

Multiple Choice

Rocks that contain fossils are usually...

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

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Rocks that can be found in the area of a volcano and have been cooled from a liquid state should be classified as —

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

Multiple Choice

What are the three type of rocks?

• hardness, streak, color

• igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary

• minerals, rocks, metals

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Igneous rocks are made from...

• cooling magma and lava

• weathering and erosion

• heat and pressure

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In the rock cycle, sedimentary rock forms when rock is ______ 

• crystallized into natural glass.

• exposed to great temperature.

• melted into liquid magma.

• broken down by weathering.

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What do all rocks have in common?

• Rocks are made of two or more minerals.

• Rocks are made of two or more elements.

• Rocks are made of magma and sediments.

• Rocks are made of sand changed by pressure.

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Which processes change magma into igneous rock?

• compaction and cementation

• heat and pressure

• cooling and crystallization

• weathering and erosion

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Small pieces of weathered rock become sedimentary rock by from ...

• heat and pressure

• compaction and cementation

• melting and cooling

• weathering and erosion

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Which mineral from the table can scratch all of the other minerals?

• Olivine

• Pyrite

• Calcite

• Quartz