Rocks and Minerals Review

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

• All minerals are made of rocks

• All rocks are made of minerals.

• Rocks and minerals are the same

• All are true

The rock cycle describes how rocks___________.

• are destroyed forever

• change over time

• stay as one type of rock

• are created from nothing

Which of the following classification gives information about how that rock was formed

• opaque

• sedimentary

• grey

• rock

Which of the following is true about a mineral?

• naturally-occurring

• liquid

• has a crystalline structure

• inorganic

• unknown mixture of elements

On which scale is diamond ranked number 10?

• the Richter scale

• the Einstein hardness scale

• elevation

• the Mohs hardness scale

You find a rock with a pattern of wavy bands (see picture). What type of rock is it?

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• mineral

The process by which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together is

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• compaction

• cementation

When a rock is broken into a lot of smaller pieces it is called

• weathering

• erosion

• depostion

• compaction

• cementation

On the Mohs Hardness scale, quartz is a 7, topaz is an 8, and corundum is a 9. Which mineral is the softest?

• quartz

• topaz

• corundum

A mineral is a living object

• True
• False