Quiz about Minerals, Rocks, and Rock Cycle Updated

Question 1

A rock formed from fragments of other rocks is a(n)

Accepted Answer

Sedimentary Rock

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Metamorphic Rock

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Extrusive Rock

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Igneous Rock

Question 2

What are the 3 major types of rocks?

Accepted Answer

Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary

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Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation

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Brown, Red, Gray

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Streak, Hardness, Breakage

Question 3

When you watch a volcano erupt molten rock, you are seeing _____

Accepted Answer

Lava

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Magma

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Mineral Crystals

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Igneous Rocks

Question 4

The process by which igneous rocks are formed...

Accepted Answer

melting and cooling

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heat and pressure

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weathering and erosion

Question 5

In which type of rock might you see a fossil?

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Sedimentary rock

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Marble

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Igneous rock

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Metamorphic rock

Question 6

How are metamorphic rocks created?

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Heat and pressure as they move toward the core

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Cooling and crystallizing as it moves away from the core

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Formed from pieces of other rock

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None of these options are correct.

Question 7

Rock that forms when sediment from older rocks get pressed and cemented together.

Accepted Answer

Sedimentary Rock

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Metamorphic Rock

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Igneous Rock

Question 8

The process by which metamorphic rocks are formed...

Accepted Answer

heat and pressure

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erosion and deposition

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melting and cooling

Question 9

Type of rock that include intrusive and extrusive

Accepted Answer

Igneous

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Metamorphic

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Sedimentary

Question 10

A diagram that shows the process of how rocks are changed from one type to another

Accepted Answer

Rock Cycle

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Krebs Cycle

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Re cycle

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Water Cycle

Question 11

Which statement best expresses the relationship between rocks and minerals?

Accepted Answer

Rocks are usually made of minerals.

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Rocks and minerals are both made of gems.

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Minerals are usually made of rocks.

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Rocks and minerals are the same thing.

Question 12

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a mineral?

Accepted Answer

Hardness

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Solid

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Inorganic

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Formed in Nature

Question 13

Which of the following would be the best description of the mineral property called luster?

Accepted Answer

How a mineral reflects light.

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A minerals resistance to being scratched.

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The color a mineral gives off.

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Observing the color of the powder left behind when scraping across a surface.

Question 14

My teacher mentioned that in order for a substance to be a mineral, it has to be _____ or nonliving.

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Inorganic

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Organic

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Mixture

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Liquid

Question 15

In the lab, a student wants to identify two different minerals. So, she takes them and scrapes them across a plate to see the color of the powder they leave behind. What property of minerals is she testing?

Accepted Answer

Streak

Answer

Color

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Hardness

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Luster

Question 16

A measure of a mineral's resistance to scratching. This is measured by scratching it against another substance of known hardness on the Mohs Hardness Scale.

Accepted Answer

Hardness

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Color

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Luster

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Streak

Question 17

What properties are used to identify minerals?

Accepted Answer

Hardness, Luster, Color, Streak, breakage, and density

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Diamond, Crystal, Topaz, Quartz, Apatite, Calcite

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Hardness, Luster, Color, Topaz, Talc, Fluorite

Question 18

The hardest mineral is the ______________.

Accepted Answer

Diamond

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Corundum

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Topaz

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Calcite

Question 19

________________ is the color of a mineral in its powdered form.

Accepted Answer

Streak

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Shape

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Magnetism

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Luster

Question 20

A ranking of a minerals from softest to hardest

Accepted Answer

Mohs hardness scale

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streak test

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luster test

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fracture

Question 21

The _______________________ of a mineral can be metallic or nonmetallic.

Accepted Answer

luster

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color

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crystal structure

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hardness

Question 22

The softest mineral is __________

Accepted Answer

Talc

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Diamond

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Crystal

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Ruby

Question 23

Besides being inorganic, what are 3 other similarities that rocks and minerals share?

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chemical composition, solid, and naturally formed

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soft, naturally formed, and man made

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man made, soft, and crystals

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naturally formed, crystals, and soft

Question 24

Is a rock a mineral?

Accepted Answer

No

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Yes

Answer

Sometimes

Question 25

Which of the 6 characteristics that we use to identify minerals is not correct?

Accepted Answer

Softness

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Color

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Streak

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Breakage

Question 26

Many minerals have distinctive ____________, but they come in a variety of hues.

Accepted Answer

colors

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shapes

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sizes

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powders

Question 27

Should the color of a mineral be the only test to use to identify the mineral?

Accepted Answer

No

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Yes

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Yes, but only sometimes

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No, only on the hardest minerals

Question 28

Can a streak be different than a mineral's color?

Accepted Answer

Yes

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Sometimes

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No

Question 29

What mineral has a hardness of 5?

Accepted Answer

Apatite

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Fluorite

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Calcite

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Orthoclase

Question 30

Refers to the way some minerals break along certain lines of weakness in their structure and is known as __________________________________.

Accepted Answer

Cleavage

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Density

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Fracture

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Fissure

Question 31

A description of the way a mineral tends to break is known as

Accepted Answer

Fracture

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Cleavage

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Density

Answer

Fissure

Question 32

Looking at the Moh's scale, what can fluorite scratch?

Accepted Answer

Gypsum

Accepted Answer

Talc

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Apatite

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Orthoclase

Question 33

Hard, naturally formed substance that is made of minerals is called a __________

Accepted Answer

rock

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crystal

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ruby

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mineral

Question 34

Type of rock that is formed inside of the earth is called an __________

Accepted Answer

intrusive rock

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extrusive rock

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mineral

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granite

Question 35

Type of rock that is formed outside of the earth is called an __________

Accepted Answer

extrusive rock

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intrusive rock

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mineral

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granite

Question 36

How and where are igneous rocks formed?

Accepted Answer

By the heating and hardening of magma

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Only by the cooling of magma

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Only by the heating of magma

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By the hardening of magma

Question 37

Which type of igneous rock will have large crystals in it? Why would it have large crystals?

Accepted Answer

Intrusive because they spend more time in magma.

Answer

Intrusive because they spend little time in the magma

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Extrusive because they spend a lot of time inside the Earth.

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Extrusive because they spend less time in the magma.

Question 38

Igneous rock that cools very quickly when it forms may have a texture that is ________________.

Accepted Answer

smooth like glass

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rough

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full of crystals

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none of the above

Question 39

Type of rock made of different sizes of sediment is known as _______

Accepted Answer

sedimentary

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metamorhpic

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igneous

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intrusive and extrusive

Question 40

Type of rock made from heat and pressure ___________

Accepted Answer

metamorphic

Answer

sedimentary

Answer

igneous

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intrustive

Question 41

Which type of rock would you find fossils?

Accepted Answer

sedimentary

Answer

metamorphic

Answer

igneous

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extrusive

Question 42

What is the purpose of the rock cycle?

Accepted Answer

To continually to break rock down and form new rock

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Just to break down rock

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To move rock

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It does not have a purpose

Question 43

Can an igneous rock change to sedimentary rock and then years later change to metamorphic rock?

Accepted Answer

Yes

Answer

No

Question 44

Can a rock be created or destroyed?

Accepted Answer

No

Answer

Yes

Question 45

Does the rock cycle ever end?

Accepted Answer

No

Answer

Yes

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