Rocks & Minerals

True or False.
A mineral is a natural, solid material with particles arranged in a repeating pattern

• True
• False

_________ is the color of powder left behind when you rub a mineral against a white tile.

• weathering
• erosion
• streak
• hardness

Which of the following is NOT a property of a mineral?

• hardness
• luster
• fossils
• streak

A material made up of one or more minerals is called a _________________

• rock cycle
• rock
• minerals
• weathering

Choose the statement that BEST describes metamorphic rock.

• Metamorphic rock does not change.
• Metamorphic rock changes into a fossil.
• Metamorphic rock can change many times to a different type of rock.
• Metamorphic rock changes only into a sedimentary rock.

What type of rock would you be likely to find pieces of seashells in?

• Volcanic
• Meamorphic
• Igneous
• Sedimentary

All of the following demonstrate an example of how we use minerals except_______.

• paper
• jewlery
• instruments
• pencils

___________ and ___________ are two processes that can change a sedimentary rock into a metamorphic rock?

• Measure & erosion
• Hardness & luster
• Heat & measure
• Erosion and weathering

This type of rock form when layers of sediments settle on top of one another and harden.

• Metamorphic 
• Igneous
• Sedimentary
• Lava

This type of rock is formed by molten rock and has crystals, not layers.

• Igneous
• Weathering
• Erosion
• Metamorphic