Rocks and minerals

Which of the following is a characteristic of all minerals?

• Crystalline structure

• Fills the shape of its container

• Usually organic

• Random chemical composition

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Which of the following is NOT a way to identify a mineral?

• Streak

• Denisty

• Luster

• Crumble

Lava is found...

• after a volcano erupts.

• on the inside of a volcano.

• both inside and outside a volcano.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which type of rock results from melting and cooling of magma?

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Extrusive

Which type of rock forms from extreme heat and pressure?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Organic

• Metamorphic

A metamorphic rock changes into an igneous rock by what two processes?

• Melting and cooling

• Extreme heat and pressure

• Compaction and cementation

• Weathering and erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What are the 3 major types of rocks?

• Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary

• Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation

• Brown, Red, Gray

• Streak, Hardness, Breakage

This rock was formed by smaller pieces of rock that settled at the bottom of a lake millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

NGSS.HS-ESS2-5

Each rock type can follow only one pathway of the rock cycle.

• True

• False

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NGSS.4-ESS1-1

The color of a mineral in powder form is called the mineral's 

• hardness

• specific gravity

• luster

• streak