Rocks and Minerals Practice Test

What qualities must something have to be considered a mineral?

• solid, living, found at Walmart

• solid, nonliving, found in nature

• liquid, nonliving, found in the ocean

• solid, living, found in nature

What is the hardest mineral on the Moh's hardness scale?

• Gneiss

• Talc

• Diamond

• Pyrite

What does the Moh's Hardness Scale measure?

• level of hardness of minerals

• color of powder left behind of minerals

• level of hardness of sand

• level of hardness of Moh's

What properties can rock collectors use to identify minerals?

• size, color, smell, price

• color, size, shape, luster

• weight, streak, coolness level

• color, luster, streak, hardness

Which type of rock is made up of sediments that have been pressed together?

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

Which rock was once another type of rock, but heat and pressure caused it to change?

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

Which rock was once melted but has cooled and hardened?

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

Which type of rock sometimes has fossils of plants or animals?

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

What is the process that rocks go through called?

• rock cycle

• water cycle

• rock n roll

• rock transformation

What are rocks made up of?

• one or more fossils

• one or more pieces of sand

• one or more minerals

• nothing