Science Review After School

What type of rock forms when small particles of rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together?

• Sedimentary Rock

• Igneous Rock

• Metamorphic rock

The way a mineral reflects light from its surface

• Streak

• Vein

• Luster

• Fracture

The color of a mineral's powder

• Streak

• Geode

• Luster

• Fracture

A naturally ocurring solid that can form by inorganic processes and that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition

• Streak

• Geode

• Mineral

• Vein

What type of rock forms when a rock is changed by heat or pressure or by chemical reactions?

• Sedimentary Rock

• Igneous Rock

• Metamorphic rock

What type of rock forms from the cooling of Magma and Lava?

• Sedimentary Rock

• Igneous Rock

• Metamorphic rock

A narrow deposit of a mineral that is sharply different from the surrounding rock.

• Streak

• Vein

• Luster

• Solution

The process by which atoms are arranged to form a material with a crystal structure.

• Streak

• Cleavage

• Luster

• Crystallization

To study a rock sample, geologists observe the rock's:

(Pick 3)

• Mineral Composition

• Height

• Texture

• Color

• Grains

A mineral's ability to split easily along flat surfaces is called fracture

• True

• False