Minerals and Rocks Practice Test 2025

What are the four characteristics of a mineral?

• Naturally occurring, Inorganic solid, has a definite chemical composition, has an orderly arrangement of atoms.

• Man-made, Organic solid, No chemical composition, Random atom arrangement

• Naturally occurring, Organic liquid, No chemical composition, Random atom arrangement

• Man-made, Inorganic liquid, Has a definite chemical composition, Random atom arrangement

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What is an ore?

• A mineral that can be mined for a profit and is useful

• A rock that cannot be mined

• A mineral with no economic value

• A type of sedimentary rock

What is the largest rock-forming mineral group?

• Silicates

• Carbonates

• Oxides

• Sulfates

The most abundant element in the Earth's crust is ________.

• Oxygen

• Silicon

• Iron

• Aluminum

What does crystalline mean?

• The atoms are arranged in a repeating, orderly pattern

• The atoms are randomly scattered

• The atoms are in a liquid state

• The atoms are in a gaseous state

What is volcanic glass?

• Rocks that form very fast from lava

• Rocks that form slowly from magma

• Rocks that form from sediment

• Rocks that form from organic matter

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Metamorphic rocks can be classified as __________.

• Foliated or nonfoliated

• Igneous or sedimentary

• Hard or soft

• Light or dark

The principle of conservation of matter says that matter cannot be ________ nor destroyed.

• Transformed

• Altered

• Moved

• Changed

• Created

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Loose materials such as rock fragments, mineral grains, and bits of shell are __________.

• Sediments

• Minerals

• Crystals

• Fossils

Sedimentary rocks can form when rocks are pressed and cemented together or when minerals form from __________.

• Solutions

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Melting