Rocks and Minerals

What property of rock is being observed when looking for whether it is shiny?

• luster
• hardness
• streak
• color

What property of rock is being observed when looking for whether or not it scratches other minerals?

• cleavage
• luster
• hardness
• streak

What property of rock is being observed when looking at its hue or shade?

• streak
• hardness
• color
• luster

Rocks come in many different characteristics like...

• color
• shape
• texture
• all of these

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Hot, molten rock inside the earth is called ...

• lava
• magma
• igneous rock
• minerals

Once magma reaches the earth's surface, it is called __________.

• a vent
• minerals
• igneous rocks
• lava

A person who studies the properties of rocks to tell how the rocks may have been formed are ____________.

• mineralists
• geologists
• rock stars
• rockologists

A never ending process by which rocks are changed from one type to another.  

• weathering and erosion
• rock cycle
• heat and pressure
• pressing and cementing

What are the 3 major types of rocks?

• Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
• Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation
• Brown, Red, Gray
• Streak, Hardness, Breakage

Rock that people use for burning to get energy

• metamorphic
• sedimentary
• igneous
• coal