Oklahoma Science Test

Quartz can break other than a long planes of cleavage. What is the property of the mineral that show this charateristics?

• Cleavage

• Fracture

• Hardness

• Tenacity

Which property refers to the resistance of mineral to scratching?

• Cleavage

• Fracture

• Hardness

• Luster

This refers to type of rock that was heated and compress overtime?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• All are correct

Which activity does not facilitate erosion?

• Kaingin

• Planting

• Loss of plant cover

• Steepening slope

Which of the following is an example of oxidation?

• Rusting

• Halite dissolves in water

• Feldspar decomposes to form clay

• Stalactites and stalagmites formation

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Which of the following is the outermost layer of the Earth?

• Crust

• Core

• Mantle

• Discontinuity

What is produce by the radioactive decay of isotopes in the mantle and crust?

• radiogenic heat

• primordial heat

• super heating

• heat from the sun

Which of the following is the main factor in the process of regional metamorphism?

• air

• water

• pressure

• temperature

What happened to the temperature and pressure if the rocks are buried down deep?

• increases

• decreases

• remain constant

• intermittently degrading

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What is the solid form of a mineral produce by a repeating pattern of atoms?

• crystal

• density

• element

• fracture