Minerals Quiz

Sedimentary rock is formed when rock fragments, minerals, and the remains of plants and animals are deposited as sediments and are then

• chemically weathered by water.

• compacted and cemented together.

• recrystallized under the weight of the layers.

• melted due to increased temperature and pressure.

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Scratching a mineral on a porcelain tile or ceramic plate tests for ____________.

• streak

• hardness

• scratch

• color

Minerals that break in flat planes and are described as "peeling off in strips" represents which mineral property.

• streak

• fracture

• cleavage

• hardness

Rocks filled with fish fossils and dinosaur tracks are MOST LIKELY

• igneous

• intrusive

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

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The Mohs hardness scale lists the ten common minerals, from softest to hardest. Tyler's teacher wants him to find the hardness of a diamond, which can scratch ALL other minerals. The diamond would have a hardness of

• 1

• 5

• 7

• 10

Rocks formed by magma and lava cooling and hardening.

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

• minerals

____________ rocks that are changed by heat and pressure

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

• mineral

The hardness of minerals is numbered from:

• 1-10

• 1-9

• 1-11

• 0-10

How light reflects off of a mineral is called the mineral's 

• luster
• streak
• cleavage
• fracture

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You would most likely find this rock near a volcano.

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic