Unit B: Rocks and Minerals Assessment

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

• All minerals are made of rocks

• All rocks are made of minerals

• Rocks and minerals are the same

• All of the statements are true

The properties of a mineral depend on _________.

• The type of mineral

• The size of the mineral

• The number of minerals

• All of the statements are true

An example of a property of a mineral is _______.

• How common it is

• Where it is found

• Its streak

• How much it costs

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Which of the following statements is TRUE?

• Rocks can break down into sediments.

• Rocks can melt, cool and harden to form igneous rocks

• Rocks can change from sedimentary to metamorphic.

• All of these statements are true.

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The rock cycle describes how rocks _______.

• Change over time

• Are formed

• Are broken down and formed into new rocks

• All of these statements describe the rock cycle.

_____ rocks start out as one type of rock but are transformed by heat and pressure over long periods of time.

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Calcite

____ rocks are formed from the layering of sediments that are compacted and pressed together over time.

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Calcite

_____ rocks are rocks that are formed from the cooling of magma within or on Earth's surface.

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Calcite

Which of the following is NOT a natural resource?

• Coal

• Fossil

• Manufactured diamond

• Wood

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Which of the following is a renewable resource?

• Wood

• Coal

• Fossils

• All of these are renewable resources