Minerals and Rocks Test

Cleavage is when a mineral breaks into irregular pieces.

• True

• False

Mohs scale measures hardness where 1 is soft and 10 is hard.

• True

• False

Minerals have 1 characteristic where rocks only have 2.

• True

• False

Rocks have a repeating, orderly pattern of atoms.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

An element is something that cannot be broken down.

• True

• False

Rocks are under pressure and have minerals flatten out or line up in bands are called what?

• cleavage

• foliated

• non-foliated

• fracture

Rocks stay below the surface of the Earth, high heat, take a long time to cool, and have large crystals are what?

• intrusive

• extrusive

• cool

• slate

A substance that forms in nature, has a definite chemical makeup, and has a crystal structure is called what?

• rock

• mineral

• crystal

• element

Metamorphic rocks are characterized based on what?

• Luster, cleavage/fracture, density, hardness, streak, and surface color

• non foliated/foliated

• intrusive/extrusive

• layers

Most igneous rocks are mainly made up of what minerals?

• Olivine

• Magnetite

• Galena

• Silica