Rocks and Minerals Test

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A mineral is inorganic, which means that it contains ____.

• compounds
• materials made by humans
• parts of living things
• no materials that were once part of living things

The repeating pattern of a mineral’s particles forms a solid called a(an) ____.

• crystal
• element
• compound
• rock

Most minerals do NOT split apart evenly. Instead, they have a characteristic type of ____.

• cleavage
• fracture
• crystal
• luster

____ represents the hardest mineral on Mohs Scale.

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____ represents the softest mineral on Mohs Scale.

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Rock that forms from the cooling of magma below the surface or lava at the surface is called ____rock.

• sedimentary
• metamorphic
• igneous
• coarse-grained

Igneous rock that formed from lava that erupted onto Earth’s surface is called ____rock.

• extrusive
• intrusive
• clastic
• sedimentary