Rocks and Minerals Test Review - Ms. Gizz.-Drago

Rocks are made of

• minerals

• sediments

• elements

• dirt

Minerals are any substance natural or man made that forms a crystalline structure.

• True

• False

The way that light bounces off a mineral is its

• color

• luster

• streak

• fracture and cleavage

What two ways is luster defined?

• metallic and non-metallic

• dull and bright

• metallic and gem

• semi-metallic and metallic

How is hardness tested?

• streak test

• scratch test

• pressure test

• fracture test

This kind of rock is formed when magma or lava cools

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• none

What kind of rock forms from small weathered bits of rock layered and hardened into rock?

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

Which kind of rock is formed from other rock under extreme heat and pressure?

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

The breaking down and wearing away of rock is

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• cementation

The movement of sediments from one place to another is

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• metamorphism