Rocks and Minerals

During a scientific exploration, Ms. Frizzle gives you a mineral. Your job is to identify the type of mineral. What are 5 of the PROPERTIES you can use to identify the mineral?

• Color, size, weight, number of atoms, and mass

• texture, metamorphism, deformation, cementation, and recrystallization

• color, luster, streak, hardness, and how it breaks (cleavage or fracture)

On the Mohs hardness scale pictured below, which of the following minerals is harder than topaz?

• talc

• corundum

• quartz

Which of the following substances is a mineral?

• obsidian, which is a volcanic glass, is not crystalline, and has the chemical formula of SiO2

• coal, which forms from the remains of living things.

• fluorite, which is a crystalline inorganic solid with the chemical formula CaF2

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Which of the following is the smallest particle of any pure element and is known as the building block of matter (HINT: would be like one grain of salt or sugar in a recipe)?

• Atom

• Element

• Compound

Ms. Gunter conducts three tests on three different minerals (shown below). What property is Ms. Gunter examining in Test B?

• Hardness

• Streak

• Luster

Which type of rock weathers to form sediment?

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• All rock types

All of the following changes can occur in the rock cycle EXCEPT _____________________.

• Extreme heat and pressure convert igneous rock to metamorphic rock

• Weathering and erosion convert metamorphic rock to sediment.

• Extreme heat and pressure convert metamorphic rock to sedimentary rock

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Stone Mountain is a large granite landmark in Georgia. It formed as a result of the cooling of a large pocket of magma in the Earth's crust. The magma cooled slowly to form granite deep below the Earth's surface. Which of the following terms describes Stone Mountain?

• clastic sedimentary

• intrusive igneous

• extrusive igneous

Limestone, under extreme heat and pressure, forms marble. What type of rock is marble?

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

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If you were to discover a rock that appeared to have weathered rock pieces deposited in layers, what kind of rock would you suspect it to be?

• metamorphic

• igneous

• sedimentary