Rocks & Minerals Unit Test Review

What type of rock forms when magma or lava cools and hardens?

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

What type of rock forms when heat and pressure changes one rock into another type of rock?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

What type of rock forms when sediments are pressed and cemented together?

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

Based on the data, which mineral sample number has a hardness less than 4.0?

• Sample 1

• Sample 2

• Sample 3

Which descriptors best describe metamorphic rocks?

• Weathering, erosion, and deposition.

• Melting, cooling, and hardening.

• Extreme heat and pressure.

• Pressure, compaction, and cementation.

Which descriptors best describe sedimentary rocks?

• Extreme heat and pressure.

• Pressure, compaction, and cementation.

• weathering, erosion, and deposition.

• Melting, cooling, and hardening.

Which descriptors best describe igneous rocks?

• Extreme heat and pressure.

• Melting, cooling, and hardening.

• Pressure, compaction, and cementation.

• Weathering, erosion, and deposition.

Which of these is a reasonable hardness for the Mystery Mineral in the attached data table?

• 1.2

• 3.7

• 5.5

• 6.1

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Which of these is a reasonable hardness for the Mystery Mineral in the attached data table?

• 2.3

• 4.6

• 6.3

• 7.1

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

What processes are taking place at position # 1?

• Extreme heat and pressure.

• Melting, cooling, and hardening.

• Weathering, erosion, and deposition.

• Pressure, compaction, and cementation.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1