rocks and minerals

If you were hiking around Mt. St. Helens (volcano) what type of rock would you most likely find would be?

• sedimentary

• igneous

• metamorphic

You find a fossil of the Mesosaurus. What rock type must it be?

• bone

• metamorphic rocks

• igneous rocks

• sedimentary rocks

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Compaction and cementation will form in __________.

• magma

• metamorphic rocks

• igneous rocks

• sedimentary rocks

This image represent _________.

• The rock cycle

• sedimentary rocks

• metamorphic rocks

• igneous rocks

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

It is how mineral reflects light from its surface.

• luster

• cleavage

• color

• hardness

It is determined using a scratch test.

• luster

• fracture

• cleavage

• hardness

A mineral with the hardness of 10 more likely to ______________.

• scratched by all other minerals

• called as Talc

• scratch all minerals

• the weakest

If a mineral has the ability to peel off in sheets, it would display the property of ____________.

• cleavage

• streak

• luster

• fracture

While testing a mineral you can scratch it with your fingernail. This means _____________________.

• its harder than your nail

• you need a manicure

• its not a mineral

• its softer than your nail

A __________ is a natural, nonliving substance that makes up rocks.

• Sedimentary rock

• Sediment

• Mineral

• Igneous Rock