Pre-Test: Rocks and Minerals

These are building blocks of rocks.

• minerals

• aggregates

• regoliths

• sediments

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a mineral

• laboratory-grown

• inorganic

• has definite-chemical make up

• solid

It is the most abundant rock-forming mineral.

• Silicate

• Carbonates

• Oxide

• Sulfides

It is a mineral property that talks about the mineral's resistance to scratch.

• Cleavage

• Fracture

• Hardness

• Luster

These are aggregates of minerals.

• Rocks

• Minerals

These are rocks formed from cooling and crystallization of magma/lava.

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Non-foliated metamorphic

• Foliated Metamorphic

These are rocks formed from lithification of particles of rocks.

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Non-foliated

• Foliated

These are fast forming igneous rocks.

• Intrusive

• Extrusive

• Foliated

• Non-foliated

A type of sedimentary rocks that are formed from broken pieces of pre-existing rocks.

• Clastic

• Chemical

• Biological

The rock cycle continues to happen because of ____?____

• The crust of the earth

• The core of the earth

• The asthenosphere of the earth

• The mantle of the earth