Rocks and Minerals Review

A mineral is a living object

• True

• False

Answer explanation

A mineral is not a living object. It is an inorganic substance found in the earth. Therefore, the correct answer is False.

All rocks contain at least one mineral.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

All rocks contain minerals, so the statement is true.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

What do all rocks have in common?

• same size

• same color

• contain minerals

• same shape

Answer explanation

All rocks have minerals in common.

Minerals have different properties to help scientists identify them.  Which is NOT a property used to identify minerals?

• color

• hardness

• size

• luster

Answer explanation

Size is not a property used to identify minerals. Minerals are identified based on their color, hardness, and luster.

The property of luster means..

• the hardness of a mineral

• the color of the mineral

• the streak the mineral leaves

• how the mineral reflects light

Answer explanation

Luster refers to how a mineral reflects light.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Hardness, color, and luster are examples of a mineral's ___________.

• price

• weight

• property

• name

Answer explanation

Hardness, color, and luster are properties of a mineral.

Isla, Kai, and Ava are on a field trip to a geological park. They come across a mineral and Kai wants to know its hardness. What test should they perform?

• Perform a test to find if the rock contained calcite

• Perform a scratch test

• Perform a test to find the color

Answer explanation

To determine the hardness of the mineral, they should perform a scratch test.

In the rock cycle, the process by which igneous rock changes to a sedimentary rock must begin with _____________.

• erosion

• weathering

• compaction

• cementation

Answer explanation

In the rock cycle, igneous rock changes to sedimentary rock through weathering.

How can sedimentary rock change into metamorphic rock?

• erosion and deposition

• melting and crystallization

• heat and pressure

• compacting and cementation

Answer explanation

Sedimentary rock changes into metamorphic rock through heat and pressure.

The small particles of rock or the remains of living things that make up sedimentary rock are called cement.

• true

• false

Answer explanation

Cement is not the small particles of rock or remains of living things that make up sedimentary rock. It is false.