Rocks and Minerals

What test shows the true color of a mineral?

• streak test

• hardness test

• density test

• luster test

What is one way humans use rocks?

• shelter

• growing plants

• food

• finding water

What material forms coal?

• minerals

• rock

• plants

• soil

What type of rock is formed by extreme heat and pressure below the Earth's surface?

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• fossilized

• igneous

What solid substance has the same chemical make-up and structure no matter where it is found?

• sand

• rock

• mineral

• fossil

What type of rock is formed by a volcano and is shiny and glass like?

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

• igneous

• fossilized

Natural rock formations break down to smaller pieces of rock due to water and wind. What process is this?

• deposition

• weathering

• compaction

• cementation

What is made from minerals, pieces of other rocks and organic matter that have been deposited in layers to form a solid material?

• igneous rocks

• petrified rocks

• metamorphic rocks

• sedimentary rocks

What type of rock is most often found in areas that were once underwater?

• meteorites

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

which term describes the breaking down of rocks while it stays in the same location?

• erosion

• deposition

• fossilization

• weathering