Rock & Mineral Quiz

Match the following terms to the correct definition

• When a mineral breaks with jagged edges

• Cleavage

• The color of a mineral's powder

• Streak

• The way the surface reflects light

• Hardness

• The resistance to scratching

• Luster

• When a mineral breaks along flat surface

• Fracture

Which statement is true about rocks?

• Magma is made of solid rock.
• Rocks are made of one or more minerals.
• Crystals are made of rocks.
• Minerals are made of one or more rocks.

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Intrusive rock forms ________.

(a)  

• Above ground 
• Below ground
• Under water 

What does the Moh's scale measure?

• Luster 
• Density
• Hardness
• Texture 

Where would you place a mineral on the Mohs' scale that could be scratched by quartz, but would be able to scratch fluorite?

Which property could be used to tell these two minerals apart?

• Color

• Luster

• Streak

• Crystal structure

Metamorphic rocks are formed by the processes of ​ (a)   Igneous rocks are formed by the processes of ​ (b)   Sedimentary rocks are formed by the processes of ​ (c)  

• heat & pressure.
• melting & cooling.
• weathering and cementation.

Drag the types of rock to the correct location in the rock cycle.

a

b

c

Sedimentary

Metamorphic

Igneous

Drag the processes to the correct arrow in the diagram.

b

c

d

e

a

cementation

weathering

heat & pressure

cooling

melting

Match the following terms to the correct definition

• Rock that forms above ground

• extrusive

• A rock that has stripes or bands

• sediment

• The remains of broken-down rocks

• foliated

• Melted rock below ground

• magma