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WorksheetsRocks and Minerals
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 16mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is Hardness?
a)
The tendency of a mineral to split easily along flat surfaces.
b)
A measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched.
c)
The way a mineral shines, or reflects light.
2.
What is Luster?
a)
The color of a mineral when it is ground into a powder.
b)
A measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched.
c)
The way a mineral shines, or reflects light.
3.
What is a Mineral?
a)
A nonliving solid material that has a definite chemical make up and is found in Earth's outermost layer.
b)
A measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched.
c)
The way a mineral shines, or reflects light.
4.
What is a Streak?
a)
The tendency on a mineral to split easily along flat surfaces.
b)
A measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched.
c)
The color of a mineral when it is ground into a powder.
5.
Another way to test hardness is...
a)
Mineral scale
b)
Moh's scale
c)
Streak scale
6.
What is an igneous rock?
a)
Rock that forms when melted, or molten rock from deep below Earth's surface cools and hardens.
b)
A solid material made up of one or more minerals.
c)
Rock that forms when existing rocks are changed by heat, pressure, or chemicals beneath the Earth's surface.
7.
What is metamorphic rock?
a)
Rock that forms when melted, or molten rock from deep below Earth's surface cools and hardens.
b)
A solid material made up of one or more minerals.
c)
Rock that forms when existing rocks are changed by heat, pressure, or chemicals beneath the Earth's surface.
8.
What is a rock?
a)
Rock that forms when melted, or molten rock from deep below Earth's surface cools and hardens.
b)
A solid material made up of one or more minerals.
c)
Rock that forms when existing rocks are changed by heat, pressure, or chemicals beneath the Earth's surface.
9.
This rock was found near the mouth of a volcano. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
10.
This rock was molten lava that cooled quickly as it came out of a volcano. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
11.
In order for a metamorphic rock to form, _______ is needed.
a)
Pressure
b)
Heat
c)
Heat and Pressure
d)
Weathering
12.
Is magma below or above ground
a)
above
b)
below
13.
What are Igneous Rocks that form as magma cools underground called
a)
extrusive rocks
b)
intrusive rocks
14.
What are 3 properties that are used to identify minerals?
a)
luster, color and sound
b)
smell, color and hardness
c)
luster, color and hardness
d)
luster, smell and hardness
15.
This rock cooled on the outside of a volcano and contained air bubbles when it was forming. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
16.
This rock started as molten magma. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
17.
A slow cooling igneous rock will have _____ crystals
a)
large
b)
small
c)
average
d)
black
18.
Metamorphism is caused by intense _____ & _____.
a)
foliation & nonfoliation
b)
texture & composition
c)
cementation & compaction
d)
temperature & pressure
19.
_____ rock forms when magma ______ & solidifies.
a)
Sedimentary; thickens
b)
Igneous; thickens
c)
Metamorphic; deepens
d)
Igneous; cools
20.
If magma cools ____, it has a ____ texture.
a)
quickly; course-grained
b)
quickly; fine-grained
c)
slowly; course-grained
d)
slowly; fine-grained
21.
Texture is based on:
a)
size & shape of a rock's mineral grains
b)
how/where a rock forms
c)
the minerals a rock is made up of
22.
A rock is a naturally-occuring solid mixture of one or more minerals and ___ matter.
a)
organic
b)
inorganic
23.
Formed from heat and pressure
a)
Igneous
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Sedimentary
24.
Hot molten rock that forms beneath Earth' surface
a)
felsic
b)
magma
c)
rock cycle
d)
stratification
25.
Which of these is a characteristic of a mineral?
a)
It is organic
b)
It exists in a liquid state
c)
It is a naturally formed
d)
It has a varying chemical composition
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