Rocks and Minerals Review

What is the process that creates metamorphic rock?

• Extreme heat and pressure
• Melting and then cooling
• Weathering and Erosion
• Compaction and cementation of sediment

What is the process that creates igneous rock?

• Extreme heat and pressure
• Melting and then cooling
• Weathering and Erosion
• Compaction and cementation of sediment

What is the process that creates sedimentary rock?

• Extreme heat and pressure
• Melting and then cooling
• Weathering and Erosion
• Compaction and cementation of sediment

What is the process that creates sediment?

• Extreme heat and pressure
• Melting and then cooling
• Weathering and Erosion
• Compaction and cementation of sediment

On the Mohs hardness scale, which of the following is a true statement? 

• Higher numbers can scratch lower numbers
• Lower numbers can scratch higher numbers
• Higher numbers can break lower numbers
• Lower numbers can break higher numbers

When performing a hardness test you always start with the ____________ material first. 

• Softer 
• Harder 

Mohs hardness scale determines how _______________________.

• hard it is to scratch the object
• hard it is to break the object

A mineral can be scratched by a steel nail (hardness of 6.5) and can scratch glass (hardness of 5.5). Which of the following is a possible hardness of the mineral?

• 5
• 7
• 6
• 4

Which of these can scratch Apatite?

• Fluorite
• Copper Coin
• Topaz
• Gysum

Which of these can scratch Topaz?

• Corundum
• Copper Coin
• Steel File
• Quartz