Minerals

Which change of state take place when magma turns into igneous rock? 

• gas to solid
• solid to gas
• solid to liquid
• liquid to solid

These diagrams show the arrangement of silicon and oxygen atoms in two different materials. Which statement best classifies these two materials and why? 

• They are both minerals because they contain silicon and oxygen atoms. 
• Only A is a mineral because it has an orderly arrangement and B does not. 
• Neither is a mineral because they both contain more than one type of atom. 
• Only B is a mineral because it has rings with more than six atoms and A does not. 

Conglomerate, sandstone, and siltstone are all examples of sedimentary rocks.  Which of the following is the process of formation that these rocks have in common? 

• evaporation
• cementation 
• solidification 
• condensation

What are two mineral characteristics that describe a mineral by what it is made of? 

•  characteristic chemical composition and organic substance
• characteristic chemical composition and inorganic substance 
• liquid and inorganic substance
• solid and organic substance

Which term is used to describe how light is reflected from a mineral's surface?

• luster
• hardness
• color
• streak

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What is the hardest known mineral?

• talc
• diamond
• calcite
• graphite

The splitting of a mineral along flat surfaces is a property called

• fracture
• cleavage
• streak

All minerals are solids.

• True
• False

Which of the following is NOT used to identify a mineral?

• hardness
• streak
• color
• where it is found on Earth

A mineral is formed ___________.

• naturally

• by humans