Rocks and Minerals Quiz

What is the relationship between a rock and a mineral?

• Rocks are made up of minerals.

• Minerals are made up of rocks.

• Rocks are on the Earth's surface. Minerals are found underground.

• Rocks and minerals are different names for the same thing.

Mike is learning about how rocks and minerals are alike and different. She mixed up her list and now needs to find the statements that apply only to MINERALS. Which statements refer to minerals only?

• They have a definite chemical composition.

• They are composed of more than one mineral.

• They have a definite crystal structure.

• They have formed from an organic process

• They can be a solid or liquid

In which set are the rock drawings labeled with their correct rock types?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

At which location is metamorphic rock most likely to be found? Explain why.

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A rock can be as big as a mountain or as small as a grain of sand.

• true

• false

Which of these statements BEST describes rocks?

• Rocks may contain one or more minerals.

• Rocks are made inside the Earth’s mantle.

• Just like minerals, rocks have a definite shape.

• Rocks and minerals have a definite chemical composition.

Rocks are alive

• true

• false

A rock is ___.

• Always made of molten material

• A mixture of minerals and/or organic matter

• A pure mineral

• Either igneous or sedimentary

(a)   rocks form from the cooling and hardening of molten magma.

• Igneous
• Metamorphic

Which of the following is a characteristic of all minerals?

• Crystalline structure

• Fills the shape of its container

• Usually organic

• Random chemical composition

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