Mineral and Rock Practice

A mineral that breaks into flat even pieces when hit with a rock hammer shows which of the following properties of minerals?

• Luster

• Cleavage

• Steak

• hardness

The color of a mineral in powder form is called the mineral's

• hardness

• fracture

• luster

• streak

Diamond has a hardness of ___ on Mohs Hardness Scale.

• 1
• 5
• 8
• 10

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NGSS.5-PS1-3

What is the softest mineral?

• sulfur

• calcite

• talc

• corundum

This rock formed when bits of other rocks became pressed into a solid. What type of rock is it?

• Sedimentary Rock
• Metamorphic Rock
• Igneous Rock

This rock formed when lava cooled very quickly on Earth's surface. What specific type of rock is it?

• Extrusive Igneous Rock
• Intrusive Igneous Rock
• Non-Foliated Metamorphic Rock
• Biochemical Sedimentary Rock

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NGSS.2-ESS1-1

This rock was formed when magma cooled very slowly inside the Earth. What specific type of rock is it?

• Intrusive Igneous Rock
• Extrusive Igneous Rock
• Foliated Metamorphic Rock
• Clastic Sedimentary Rock

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NGSS.2-ESS1-1

The individual particles that make up a rock are known as _____

• Grains
• Textures
• Metamorphs
• Lava

The process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue sediment together.

• compaction
• deposition
• organic rock
• cementation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Rocks are made of

• gases

• minerals

• freezing ice

• water vapor

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1