Quiz #5: Minerals and the Rock Cycle

Using your ESRT, find the mineral that has a metallic luster, can scratch glass and contains sulfur.

• Garnet

• Galena

• Magnetite

• Pyrite

Which minerals will bubble with acid?

• Calcite and Halite

• Halite and Olivine

• Calcite and Dolomite

• Talc and Garnet

Which property is being tested in Test B?

• Luster

• Hardness

• Streak

• Breakage

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

How is the cleavage and hardness determined in a mineral?

• composition

• arrangement of atoms

• from where it is made on Earth

• people give it a number and break it

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

The sticking together of sediments caused by minerals growing around them.

• Deposition
• Erosion
• Sediments
• Cementation

A type of rock made of lava or magma and is formed by melting, cooling and crystallizing.

• Metamorphic Rock
• Sedimentary Rock
• Igneous Rock

A type of rock that is made from existing rock that is formed under intense heat and pressure.

• Metamorphic Rock
• Sedimentary Rock
• Igneous Rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1