G6 Rocks and Minerals

If a mineral can SCRATCH another one, it is -

• harder than the mineral

• weaker than the mineral

• the same mineral

What type of property test is a mineralogist conducting when she rubs a mineral over a mirror, tile, or hard surface?

• Streak Test

• Luster Test

• Appearance Test

• Cracking Test

What are the 3 major types of rocks?

• Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
• Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation
• Brown, Red, Gray
• Streak, Hardness, Breakage

Rocks formed by heat and pressure beneath the Earth's surface are...

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

• magma

A solid material that is made up of one or more minerals.

• mineral
• rock
• fossil
• soil

The process by which metamorphic rocks are formed...

• heat and pressure
• erosion and deposition
• melting and cooling

_______ rock forms from magma/lava

• Metamorphic
• Sedimentary
• Igneous

What causes igneous rocks to form

• pressure

• cooling magma and lava

• compaction

• cementation

This rock was formed by smaller pieces of rock that settled at the bottom of a lake millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Metamorphic

Lava is found...

• after a volcano erupts.

• on the inside of a volcano.

• both inside and outside a volcano.