Minerals, Rocks, and Soil Review

This cools and hardens to form igneous rock.

• Lava

• Magma

• Sediment

• Soil

Rock that forms when magma cools beneath the surface is called...

• Intrusive Igneous

• Extrusive Igneous

• Intrusive Metamorphic

• Extrusive Sedimentary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Rock that forms when lava cools on the Earth's surface is called...

• Extrusive Metamorphic

• Intrusive Igneous

• Intrusive Sedimentary

• Extrusive Igneous

If a mineral has large crystals, what does that mean about how long it had to cool down?

• If there are large crystals the mineral cooled very quickly

• If there are large crystals the mineral cooled very slowly.

Pieces of rocks, pebbles, mineral grains, and shell fragments that form some kinds of rock are known as...

• Dust

• Sand

• Sediment

• Depositive

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What process(es) are needed for sediment to form?

• Deposition

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Pressure

What two processes are needed for sedimentary rock to form?

• Weathering and Pressure

• Erosion and Deposition

• Pressure and Heat

• Heat and Weathering

What two things are needed for metamorphic rock to form?

• Heat

• Weathering

• Pressure

For an igneous rock to become sedimentary it needs to...

• Be heated up and melted.

• Be weathered down and then compacted.

• Be put under heat and pressure.

The property of a mineral that describes the way light reflects off of it is called what?

• Breakage

• Streak

• Luster

• Density