Rocks & Minerals Practice Chapter Test

A mineral is inorganic, which means that it contains _________

• compounds

• materials made by humans

• parts of living things

• no materials that were once part of living things

The repeating pattern of a mineral's particles forms a solid called a(an) -----------

• crystal

• element

• compound

• rock

_____________ is the hardest known mineral.

• Talc

• Quartz

• Diamond

• Gold

Most minerals do NOT split apart evenly, Instead, they have a characteristic type of __________________.

• cleavage

• fracture

The softest mineral on the Mohs hardness scale is _________.

• quartz

• talc

• apatite

• gypsum

Rock that forms from the cooling of magma below the surface or lava at the surface is called _____________ rock.

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• igneous

Igneous rock that formed from lava that erupted onto Earth's surface is called ______ rock.

• extrusive

• intrusive

• clastic

• sedimentary

_______ is the process in which running water, wind or ice loosen and carry away rock fragments.

• deposition

• cementation

• crystallization

• erosion

_________ rocks have their grains arranged in parallel layers or bands.

• Foliated

• Conglomerate

• Nonfoliated

• Chemical

Heat and pressure deep beneath Earth's surface can change any rock into ___________.

• gemstones

• metamorphic rock

• chemical rock

• sedimentary rock