Weathering and erosion work together to change the environment. How are these two processes different from each other?

Weathering breaks down rocks into sediment, and erosion carries it away.

Weathering and erosion both break down rocks into sediment.

Erosion breaks rocks down into sediment, and weathering carries it away.

Weathering breaks rocks down into sediment, and erosion carries them away.

William collected a variety of interesting rocks on his hike, and he would like to use a chart he found on line to determine the kinds of rocks he found. Which list contains attributes that would BEST help William classify his bag of rocks?

color, texture, luster, and hardness

scent, sharpness, cracking, luster

melting point, hardness, flammability

texture, capacity to retain water, color

You and your science group have been handed five mineral samples to identify. First, you sort the minerals by color. All five minerals are WHITE! Two are glassy and transparent. You have identified two minerals. They are calcite and quartz. How can you EASILY tell them apart?

check to see if one splits into sheets

Which of these statements BEST describes rocks?

Rocks may contain one or more minerals.

Rocks are made inside the Earth’s mantle.

Just like minerals, rocks have a definite shape, meaning it does not change.

Rocks and minerals have a definite chemical composition.

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2 mins • 1 pt

Mrs. Miller's class is studying minerals. Mrs. Miller wants her class to complete a test to find out the color of minerals found in certain rocks. Which test does Mrs. Miller want her class to complete?

luster test

taste test

streak test

smell test

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Paul is describing a mineral that he is holding to Douglas over the phone. He explains that it has the same texture throughout but the color on the inside is different from the color on the outside. Douglas tells Paul that

he is incorrect. A mineral has just one color, inside and outside.

he is correct. A mineral has one texture but more than one color.

he is correct. Paul has a mineral.

he is incorrect. Minerals have many textures.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Mrs. Miller is teaching her class about rocks and minerals. She holds up a rainbow chocolate chip cookie and explains that the cookie is like a rock. Next, she points to the different colored chocolate chips. What do the chocolate chips represent?

fossils

rocks

minerals

gems

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Adam and Chance are scratching chunks of minerals with a copper penny, their fingernails, and a steel nail. Which property are they testing for?

texture

luster

hardness

color

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Minerals can be identified according to their properties. Alan finds a mineral that is shiny. In which category does Alan's mineral belong?
___________ = shiny
nonmetallic = dull, glassy

cleavage

metallic

nonmetallic

hardness

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

This mineral is composed only of one element, carbon. It is listed as the hardest on MOHs' Scale of Hardness. Which mineral is this?

gypsum

gold

talc

diamond

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following statements is true?

Rocks and minerals are two different words for the same thing.

There is no relationship between rocks and minerals.

All rocks are minerals, but all minerals are not rocks.

All minerals are rocks, but not all rocks are minerals.

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Rocks & Minerals GSE

Mrs. Miller's class is studying minerals. Mrs. Miller wants her class to complete a test to find out the color of minerals found in certain rocks. Which test does Mrs. Miller want her class to complete?

Paul is describing a mineral that he is holding to Douglas over the phone. He explains that it has the same texture throughout but the color on the inside is different from the color on the outside. Douglas tells Paul that

Mrs. Miller is teaching her class about rocks and minerals. She holds up a rainbow chocolate chip cookie and explains that the cookie is like a rock. Next, she points to the different colored chocolate chips. What do the chocolate chips represent?

Adam and Chance are scratching chunks of minerals with a copper penny, their fingernails, and a steel nail. Which property are they testing for?

Minerals can be identified according to their properties. Alan finds a mineral that is shiny. In which category does Alan's mineral belong?___________ = shinynonmetallic = dull, glassy

This mineral is composed only of one element, carbon. It is listed as the hardest on MOHs' Scale of Hardness. Which mineral is this?

Which of the following statements is true?

Weathering and erosion work together to change the environment. How are these two processes different from each other?

William collected a variety of interesting rocks on his hike, and he would like to use a chart he found on line to determine the kinds of rocks he found. Which list contains attributes that would BEST help William classify his bag of rocks?

You and your science group have been handed five mineral samples to identify. First, you sort the minerals by color. All five minerals are WHITE! Two are glassy and transparent. You have identified two minerals. They are calcite and quartz. How can you EASILY tell them apart?

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Minerals can be identified according to their properties. Alan finds a mineral that is shiny. In which category does Alan's mineral belong?
___________ = shiny
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