Rocks and Minerals

When identifying a rock there are ____________ properties.

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• 4

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The way a mineral looks when light reflects off the surface is its ______________________.

• color

• luster

• hardness

• streak

The ________________ scale allows you to rank a rocks hardness.

• Mohs Hardness Scale

• Toes Harness Scale

• Rock Hardness Scale

• Mineral Hardness Scale

The description of how difficult or easy it is to scratch a mineral is identifying its ___________________________.

• color

• luster

• hardness

• cleavage/fracture

The description of how a mineral breaks into pieces is defined as a rocks ______________________.

• cleavage/fracture

• streak

• luster

• color

There are ______________ different forms of rock.

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• 3

• 4

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The never ending process by which rocks are changed from one type into another is known as _______________ cycle.

• The Rock Cycle

• The Mineral Cycle

• The Mohs Hardness Scale

• The Weather Cycle

You are most likely to find a fossil in what type of rock?

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

The softest mineral is ___________________, and the hardest mineral is _____________________.

• ruby, diamond

• diamond, talc

• talc, diamond

• emerald, diamond

The three types of rock are ________________, __________________, and _________________________.

• Diamond, Talc, Flourite

• Diamond, Sedimentary, Metamorphic

• Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic