Rocks & Minerals Quiz

True or False:

Minerals are made of rocks.

• True

• False

Minerals are....

• full of different types of rocks

• a mixture of many different substances

• a solid, not living substance, in nature

What is the type of scientist who studies rocks called?

Chose the words that ARE properties of minerals:

• cleavage

• whether it floats

• streak

• luster

• weight

What do you call a mineral that is hard to scratch, rare, and beautiful?

• diamond

• gemstone

• ruby

• platinum

What is the name of the scale that geologists use to see how hard a mineral is? the ________ Scale of Hardness

How do geologists sort rocks?

• their looks

• their weight

• how they're made

• their characteristics

What are the 3 types of rocks geologists sort rocks into?

• igneous

• metamorphosis

• sedentary

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

Igneous rocks have which of the following characteristics?

• layers

• crystals

• air pockets

The type of Igneous rock that forms INSIDE the earth is called

• intrusive

• inside

• igneous

• included