Rocks and Minerals

Rocks...

• are usually made of only 1 mineral

• are usually made up of many minerals

• all contain fossils

• all form from magma

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

How do you identify a mineral?

• which type of rock they are found in

• where they are found

• size and color

• physical and chemical properties

Which mineral bubbles in acid

• calcite

• pyrite

• galena

• quartz

Which mineral can scratch calcite, but not fluorite?

• magnetite

• quartz

• dolomite

• olivine

Which mineral is made of Iron and Oxygen?

• Graphite

• Hematite

• Quartz

• Calcite

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Why causes some minerals to have cleavage?

• They contain iron.

• They have a high hardness.

• Their atomic arrangement

• Their chemical composition

How light reflects off a mineral (metallic or nonmetallic) describes its

• luster

• hardness

• streak

• cleavage

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Which rock does not contain pyroxene?

• Gabbro

• Gneiss

• Scoria

• Slate

Which rock cooled the slowest?

• Obsidian

• Basalt

• Diorite

• Pegmatite

Where can you find most sedimentary rocks?

• near old mountain ranges

• thin layer covering the continents

• near old volcanoes

• near erupting volcanoes