Rocks and Minerals Test Revie

A mineral is inorganic, which means that it contains ______

• compounds
• materials made by humans
• parts of living things
• no materials that were once part of living things

Heat and pressure deep beneath Earth's surface can change any rock into ______

• metamorphic rock
• chemical rock
• gemstones
• sedimentary rock

Softest mineral on the Mohs hardness scale

• quartz
• talc
• apatite
• gypsum

Shiny, metallic and pearly are terms used to describe _____

• streak
• luster
• color
• density

Igneous rock that formed from lava that erupted onto Earth's surface is called ______ rock

• extrusive
• intrusive
• clastic
• sedimentary

Repeating pattern of a mineral's particles forms a solid called _______

• crystals
• elements
• compunds
• rocks

Rock formed from the cooling of magma below the surface or lava at the surface is called

• sedimentary rock
• igneous rock
• metamorphic rock
• coarse-grained rock

When grains in a rock are large and easy to see, the texture is described as ______

• extrusive
• fine grained
• coarse grained
• nonbanded

Hardest mineral known is ______

• talc
• quartz
• diamond
• gold

_____ is the process in which running water, wind or ice loosen and carry away rock fragments.

• deposition
• cementation
• compaction
• erosion