7 - Minerals and Rocks

Where does the rock cycle begin?

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Igneous Rock

• There is no starting point

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What is the name of the hardness scale when testing the strength or weakness of minerals?

• Morgans

• Mohs

• Mados

• Marges

Which is a solid in which the atoms are arranged in closely repeating patterns?

• a crystal

• magma

• an element

• ore

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All minerals are __________.

• made in a lab

• organic solids

• naturally occurring

• unordered

Large crystals can form when magma __________.

• cools quickly

• cools slowly

• melts

• erupts from a volcano

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A mineral that is hard __________.

• will not break

• will not shatter

• is hard to scratch

• can be scratched with your fingernail

Streak measures the color of a mineral's __________.

• atoms

• surface

• crystals

• powder

Igneous rocks __________.

• are the rarest rocks found on Earth

• are the most commonly found rocks on Earth

• are found mostly on the surface

• are formed in the same way as sedimentary rocks

How are igneous rocks formed?

• They are formed from cooled magma.

• They are hot magma the moment it is expelled from a volcano.

• They are formed over many years of pressure and heat within Earth.

• They are formed from sediments that collected in ocean beds.

How is sediment transformed into rock?

• Compaction occurs.

• Cementation occurs.

• Compaction and cementation occur.

• Contact must take place.

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