Rocks and Minerals

Rocks continue to change all the time

• True
• False

Rocks are made of one or more minerals

• true
• false

minerals are made of one or more rocks

• true
• false

Talc is one of the softest minerals

• true
• false

kaopectate, a stomach medicine, is made from a mineral

• true
• false

Diamond is the softest mineral

• true
• false

A plane along which a mineral most easily splits

• fossil
• cleavage
• gem
• luster

A precious stone that has been cut or polished

• fossil
• cleavage
• gem
• luster

The way in which a mineral reflects light

• fossil
• cleavage
• gem
• luster

Remains or traces of an organism that lived long ago

• fossil
• cleavage
• gem
• luster