Unit 6 ATT - Rocks and Minerals 2025

Alan finds a shiny mineral. Which category does it belong to?

• cleavage

• hardness

• metallic

• nonmetallic

Ms. Jones uses a rainbow chocolate chip cookie to explain rocks. What do the different colored chocolate chips represent?

• fossils

• gems

• minerals

• rocks

Which mineral can cut all others?

• corundum

• diamond

• gypsum

• quartz

You have two white minerals: calcite and quartz. How can you easily tell them apart?

• check if one is shiny

• check if one scratches glass

• check to see which has bands

• check to see if one splits into sheets

Which characteristic means an object is NOT a mineral?

• The object is solid

• The object is man made

• The object has a crystal structure

• The object has a definite chemical composition

Identify a glassy, pink mineral that can scratch glass. It is MOST LIKELY

• calcite

• feldspar

• gypsum

• quartz

How are rocks different from minerals?

• Rocks are pure substances, minerals are mixtures.

• Rocks have no properties similar to minerals.

• Rocks are made of at least two minerals, minerals are not made of rocks.

• Minerals are made of at least two rocks, rocks are not made of minerals.

Jimmy's group noticed the first mineral fell apart into thin layers or sheets. What mineral did they look at first?

• gypsum

• mica

• quartz

• talc

Metamorphic rock becomes igneous rock through

• weathering and erosion

• sedimentation and lithification

• heat, pressure, and chemical activity

• melting followed by cooling and solidification

How can igneous rock become metamorphic rock?

• if it is forced deep into Earth, where it melts into magma

• if it is heated and put under pressure for long periods of time

• if layers of sand accumulate over it and harden over time

• if it is exposed at the surface and is weathered over time