Rocks and Minerals

What is a mineral?

• A naturally occurring, inorganic substance.

• A naturally occurring, organic substance.

• A man-made inorganic substance.

• A man-made organic substance.

A mineral:

• has a specific chemical makeup.

• is made of two or more different chemical substances.

• is made by a living thing.

• can be a solid, liquid or gas.

What do we mean when we say a mineral has a crystalline structure?

• A mineral is made of ice crystals.

• A mineral is shiny or lustrous, like a crystal.

• The atoms in a mineral are arranged in a systematic and repeating way.

• The atoms in a mineral are arranged randomly.

What characteristic do both rocks and minerals have in common?

• They are organic.

• They are chemically pure.

• They are naturally occuring.

• They have crystals.

A rock is:

• a chemically pure substance.

• an aggregate or mixture of minerals.

• always inorganic

• classified according to a specific set of properties.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of minerals?

• Minerals are inorganic.

• Minerals have crystals.

• A mineral has a definite chemical composition.

• A mineral can contain fossils.

Which is NOT a rock?

• Quartz

• Limestone

• Basalt

• Marble

What type of rock forms from cooled magma or lava?

• Sedimentary rock

• Igneous Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

Which type of rock contains fossils?

• Sedimentary rock

• Igneous rock

• Metamorphic rock

Which type of rock can become a metamorphic rock?

• Sedimentary rock

• Igneous rock

• All these rocks

• None of these rocks

• Old metamorphic rock