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WorksheetsRocks and Minerals Practice/Review
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What type of rock was once melted, but has cooled and hardened?
a)
Metamorphic
b)
Sedimentary
c)
Igneous
2.
What are rocks made up of?
a)
grass
b)
pebbles
c)
minerals
3.
What type of rock is made up of pieces of sediments that have been pressed and cemented together?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Igneous
4.
These rocks were once located inside the Earth, but the heat and pressure of the rocks above caused the minerals to change.
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Igneous
5.
In what rock would you be likely to find fossils?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
6.
What is melted material inside the Earth called?
a)
Lava
b)
Magma
c)
Juice
7.
What is the hardest mineral there is?
a)
Calcite
b)
Feldspar
c)
Quartz
d)
Diamond
8.
What scale do scientist use to test the hardness of minerals?
a)
1-5
b)
1-10
c)
A-Z
d)
10, 20, 30, 40, 50
9.
What property is used by scientists to test minerals, they can not use this property by itself to test them?
a)
Luster
b)
Hardness
c)
Color
d)
Special Properties
10.
What property describes minerals as shiny, pearly, glassy, or dull?
a)
Luster
b)
Color
c)
Hardness
d)
Special Properties
11.
Using the hardness scale that scientist use to test minerals, what does 1 stand for?
a)
Softest
b)
Hardest
c)
Biggest
d)
Smallest
12.
In sedimentary rocks, there are pieces of rocks called ________________ that have been pressed together.
a)
Chunks
b)
Small rocks
c)
Sediments
13.
Melted material outside the Earth is called _________________.
a)
Magma
b)
Lava
14.
Minerals are solid, nonliving materials that are formed in ___________.
a)
Factories
b)
Nature
c)
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