Unit 3 Test Review: Minerals & Intro to Rocks

What is the best description of the luster of the mineral shown below?

• Non-metallic, glassic

• Metallic

• Dull, earthy

• Satiny

On what basis are the three rock types (metamorphic, sedimentary, igneous) classified?

• Color and texture
• Age and location
• Size and shape
• Formation process and composition

Match the following

• The color of the powder of a mineral

• Luster

• The way a mineral reflects in light

• Streak

• Mineral's natural shape

• Crystal Structure

• The way a mineral breaks along planes of weakness

• Cleavage

• Resistance to being scratched

• Hardness

Fill in the blanks of the Rock Cycle diagram.

a

b

c

d

e

Metamorphic Rock

Magma

Sedimentary Rock

Igneous Rock

Sediment

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Which mineral property is LEAST useful for identifying a mineral?

• Hardness

• Type of Cleavage

• Streak

• Color

Label the volcanoes!

a

b

c

Shield Volcano

Composite Volcano

Cinder Cone Volcano

Orogeny events occur at (a)   plate boundaries. They produce ​ (b)   ​ ​ ​volcanoes and granite or ​ (c)   rocks. ​ (d)   events occur at divergent plate boundaries. They produce ​ ​ ​ (e)   volcanoes and basalt or extrusive rocks.

• convergent
• shield
• intrusive
• Rifting
• composite

Based on the map below, in what two regions might a geologist find basalt?

• Appalachian Plateau

• Blue Ridge

• Costal Plain

• Piedmont

• Valley and Ridge

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3