Quiz about Rock and Mineral Test

Question 1

Which minerals test describes the color left on a tile when rubbed across?

Accepted Answer

Streak

Answer

Hardness

Answer

Luster

Answer

Color

Question 2

Luster describes how light reflects from a mineral. Which word might describe the luster of a mineral?

Accepted Answer

Metallic

Answer

Opaque

Answer

Green

Answer

Transparent

Question 3

When you shine a light through a mineral it can be described by which words?

Accepted Answer

Opaque, translucent, and transparent

Answer

Opaque, metallic, and non-metallic

Answer

Metallic and non-metallic

Answer

Transparent, shiny, and dull

Question 4

What are you testing if you are scratching a mineral with a fingernail, penny and nail?

Accepted Answer

Hardness

Answer

Light

Answer

Luster

Answer

Color

Question 5

Which property would NOT be a good one to compare minerals because many minerals have the same one?

Accepted Answer

Color

Answer

Luster

Answer

Hardness

Answer

Cleavage

Question 6

When I tried to shine a light through a mineral, I could not see the light at all. What do I call it if NO light comes through?

Accepted Answer

Opaque

Answer

Translucent

Answer

Transparent

Question 7

When I tried to shine a light through a mineral, I could see on a little bit of light. What do I call it if SOME light comes through?

Accepted Answer

Translucent

Answer

Opaque

Answer

Transparent

Question 8

When I tried to shine a light through a mineral, I could see all of the light. What do I call it if ALL of the light comes through?

Accepted Answer

Transparent

Answer

Opaque

Answer

Translucent

Question 9

Igneous rocks.....

Accepted Answer

made from hot magma.

Answer

are made from layers of mud, sand, and pieces of rocks

Answer

changed by heat and pressure

Question 10

Sedimentary rocks....

Accepted Answer

are made from layers of mud, sand, and pieces of rocks.

Answer

changed by heat and pressure.

Answer

made from hot magma.

Question 11

Metamorphic rocks.....

Accepted Answer

changed by heat and pressure.

Answer

are made from layers of mud, sand, and pieces of rocks.

Answer

made from hot magma.

Question 12

Which type of rock often has pieces of a bunch of other rocks and fossils inside it?

Accepted Answer

Sedimentary

Answer

Igneous

Answer

Metamorphic

Question 13

Which type of rock might be found near a volcano?

Accepted Answer

Igneous

Answer

Sedimentary

Answer

Metamorphic

Question 14

Which type of rock started out as a different type of rock?

Accepted Answer

Metamorphic

Answer

Igneous

Answer

Sedimentary

Question 15

Name three things rocks are used for in real life

Accepted Answer

Houses, buildings, and roads.

Answer

Paper, eating, cleaning the floor.

Answer

We don't use rocks in real life.

Question 16

Which item would NOT be made from rocks?

Accepted Answer

Books

Answer

Mountains

Answer

Roads

Answer

All of the above

Question 17

What builds up when layers of lava harden?

Accepted Answer

A volcanic mountain builds up.

Answer

Lava flows from below the earth.

Answer

Ash clouds move up into the air.

Answer

Rocks melt below the earth's surface.

Question 18

A student conducted the investigation shown below.

1. Pours water into a crack in a rock.

2.) Lets it freeze

3.) Result: The water freezing expands the rock and it cracks over time.

What natural process did she show with her investigation?

Accepted Answer

Weathering

Answer

Erosion

Answer

Deposition

Answer

Earthquake

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