Rocks and Minerals

A _________________________is a natural, nonliving substance that makes up rocks.

• mineral

• sedimentary

• magma

• sediment

When inside a volcano, the hot liquid that can cool to form a rock is called _________________________________.

• sediment

• extrusive

• magma

• liquid goo

What type of rock is formed when magma and lava cools and hardens?

• luster

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

Emily was looking at a rock and saw tiny crystals. Emily should know that all rocks are made up of _____________.

• diamonds

• fossil

• minerals

• dirt

Which of the following is a type of rock......................?

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• all of the above

A solid material that is made up of one or more minerals is a

• mineral

• fossil

• rock

• soil

If a penny can scratch a rock, what property am I referring to?

• hardness

• color

• luster

• acidity

Streak is the color of a mineral when _______________________.

• luster

• cleavage

• scratched on a tile

• acidity

All minerals are substances formed by

• natural processes

• cleavage

• fossils

• luster

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The Moh's scale measures ______________________________.

• color

• luster

• specific gravity

• hardness