Regents Rock Exam

Regents Rock Exam

8th - 9th Grade

40 Qs

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Regents Rock Exam

Regents Rock Exam

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th - 9th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-PS1-1, MS-ESS3-1, MS-ESS2-2

+4

Standards-aligned

Created by

Charles Martinez

FREE Resource

40 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which mineral can be found in the rocks phyllite, sandstone, and granite?

quartz

pyroxene

gypsum

calcite

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which two minerals are commercial sources of iron?

galena and graphite

muscovite mica and biotite mica

garnet and flourite

hematite and magnetite

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which rock is composed of the mineral halite that formed when seawater evaporated?

limestone

rock salt

dolostone

rock gypsum

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which element, found in both biotite mica and muscovite mica, makes up the greatest percent by volume of Earth's crust?

silicon

oxygen

nitrogen

potassium

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which mineral is commonly used as an abrasive?

garnet

halite

sulfur

graphite

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which characteristic do samples of the mineral pyroxene normally exhibit?

yellow to amber color

bubbling in hydrochloric acid

cleaves at 56° and 124°

hardness of 5 to 6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which mineral is commonly mined as a source of the element lead (Pb)?

galena

quartz

magnetite

gypsum

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

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