Rocks & Minerals!

Which statement best explains how rocks and minerals are related?

• minerals are mixtures while rocks are compounds with definite shapes
• minerals are elements or compounds that make up rocks
• rocks and minerals are inorganic mixtures 
• rocks make up minerals

Which of the following characteristics is NOT true for a substance to be considered a mineral?

• solid
• occurs naturally
• organic
• has a definite chemical composition

What is the most easily observed property of a given mineral?

• Color
• Hardness
• Specific Gravity
• Streak

In order to be called a mineral, a substance must have which of the following?

• Definite chemical composition
• Cleavage
• Streak
• Luster

Minerals are comprised of one or more ___________.

• colors
• elements
• rocks
• structure

Which type of rock results from melting and cooling of magma?

• Igneous
• Metamorphic
• Sedimentary
• Extrusive

The process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue sediment together.

• compaction
• deposition
• organic rock
• cementation

When sediments fall to the ocean floor ans  pressed together tightly by other layers of sediment, this is called ____________.

• Compaction
• Cementation
• Weathering
• Erosion

Rock that forms when pressure, temperature, or chemical processes change existing rock.

• Igneous Rock
• Sedimentary Rock
• Metamorphic Rock
• Rock Cycle