Assessment Rocks & Minerals

A natural, solid mixture of minerals or grains is a ____________.

• Mineral

• Rock

• Sediment

• Magma

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The way a mineral reflects or absorbs light as its surface is called_____________

• Mineral

• Rock

• Hardness

• Luster

The resistance of a mineral to being scratched is called________

• Mineral

• Rock

• Hardness

• Luster

A naturally occurring, inorganic (not from living things ) solid with a definite chemical composition and an orderly arrangement of atoms is a __________.

• Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Igneous Rock

• Minerals

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

The color of a mineral in powered form is the _______.

• Streak

• Sedimentary Rock

• Igneous Rock

• Color

Molten or liquid rock underground _______.

• Mineral

• Magma

• Lava

• Rock

Molten rock that erupts on Earth's surface is called _______.

• Mineral

• Magma

• Lava

• Rock

Rock formed when magma or lava that has been cooled and hardened is _______ rock.

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Clastic

Rock formed from deposition, compaction, and cementation of sediments is _________ rock

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Clastic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Rock formed from high pressure and heat deep beneath Earth's surface is ________ rock.

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Clastic