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WorksheetsMinerals, Rocks, Fossil Fuels,Ores
Total questions: 83
Worksheet time: 1hrs 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The ________ measures how hard a mineral is.
a)
Miller Scale
b)
Dishong Scale
c)
Curly Scale
d)
Mohs Scale
2.
___________ is the color of powdered mineral.
a)
Luster
b)
Streak
c)
Fracture
3.
_________ is how easily something can be scratched.
a)
specific gravity
b)
luster
c)
hardness
4.
Dull, silky, waxy, pearly, and earthy are terms that best describe which property of minerals?
a)
luster
b)
color
c)
streak
d)
cleavage
5.
What does inorganic mean?
a)
Something that is living
b)
Something that is dead, but was once living
c)
Something that was never living
6.
Physical properties of minerals include all of the following EXCEPT
a)
hardness
b)
color
c)
streak
d)
specific gravity
7.
Which of the following properties does the Mohs scale measure?
a)
Luster
b)
Hardness
c)
Density
d)
Streak
8.
The definition of a mineral does NOT include:
a)
crystalline structure
b)
solid
c)
organic
d)
natural
9.
The ratio of an objects mass to its volume is called
a)
Fluorescence
b)
Streak
c)
Ore
d)
Density
10.
By definition, a mineral has which of the following characteristic(s)?
a)
chemical composition
b)
crystalline structure
c)
natural
d)
all of the above
11.
Which mineral property is being shown here?
a)
luster
b)
hardness
c)
cleavage
d)
streak
12.
Yellow or red, nonmetallic, brittle, hardness of 2-3, has an odor
a)
sulfur
b)
kaolinite
c)
kyanite
d)
talc
13.
Metallic to earthy gray, hardness of 1-2, unclear cleavage, writes on paper
a)
graphite
b)
galena
c)
pyrite
d)
hematite
14.
The mineral in the picture has a ____________ luster.
a)
Nonmetallic
b)
Metallic
c)
Pearly
d)
Earthy
15.
A mineral can be formed from which of the following ways?
a)
Metamorphism
b)
breaking rocks
c)
Condensation
d)
rock being heated to form a liquid rock.
16.
How are Sedimentary Rocks formed?
a)
Cooling and Hardening
b)
Heat and Pressure
c)
Compacting and Cementing
d)
Melting
17.
In what kind of rock can fossils be found?
a)
Sedimentary Rocks
b)
Igneous Rocks
c)
Metamorphic Rocks
d)
Granite
18.
What are the 3 main fossil fuels?
a)
Coal, Oil, and Gasoline
b)
Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas
c)
Electricity, Gasoline, Petroleum
d)
Coal, Oil, Non-renewable Resources
19.
What must be present for Fossil Fuels to form?
a)
Bones and Sediment
b)
Dead Organisms and Layers of Sediment
c)
Dead Organisms, Layers of Sediment, and Heat & Pressure over time
d)
Bones, Layers of Sediment, and Heat & Pressure over time
20.
Fossil Fuels formed over long periods of time after particles in water settled to the sea floor and formed marine mud. What kinds of particles needed to be present in the marine mud in order for fossil fuels to form.
a)
Mostly sand and a few small bits of wood
b)
Mostly decaying organisms
c)
Mostly lava and a few sedimentary rocks
d)
Mostly metal minerals
21.
Some students made a model to show one of the first steps in the formation of sedimentary rock. The students pour 2 cm of light-colored sand into a clear plastic box. Then they add 1 cm of gravel. Finally, they pour 2 cm of dark-colored sand on top of the gravel. Which characteristic of sedimentary rock does this model best show?
a)
Sedimentary rock is made of layers.
b)
Sedimentary rock is cemented bits of rock.
c)
Sedimentary rock is often limestone.
d)
Sedimentary rock is common in Texas.
22.
All of these are related to the formation of oil or natural gas EXCEPT
a)
Decomposed Animals
b)
Decayed Plants
c)
Sedimentary Rocks
d)
Active Volcanoes
23.
Coal often forms where once there was swamps. What characteristic of swamps is important to the formation of coal?
a)
High Temperature
b)
Abundant Plant Life
c)
Frequent Rains
d)
Reptile Predators
24.
What changes buried organic matter into fossil fuels?
a)
Industrial Pollution
b)
Ocean Currents
c)
Volcanic Activity
d)
Heat and Pressure
25.
What feature is the same in the formation of many sedimentary rocks and all fossil fuels? Many sedimentary rocks and all fossil fuels -
a)
require material to be buried and exposed to heat and pressure
b)
are made out of organic material that stores the sun's energy
c)
form where there are frequent earthquakes and volcanic activity
d)
are produced high in the mountains where temperatures are low
26.
Which area is most likely to have fossil fuels present today?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
27.
Fossil Fuels form in sedimentary rocks when -
a)
plants use the nutrients in the sediments to grow
b)
organic matter is buried along with sediments
c)
rivers carry sediments down mountainsides
d)
sediments are used by humans as a resource
28.
Oil formation occurs where, millions of years ago, there were large oceans. This is because oceans have -
a)
waves that are constantly moving
b)
great numbers of tiny marine animals
c)
currents that mix the water thoroughly
d)
deep caverns where no light can reach
29.
Fossils give us evidence about which of the following?
a)
plants and animals that lived long ago
b)
how weathering and erosion break down rocks
c)
the other planets in our solar system
d)
the transfer of energy from one form to another
30.
What type of fossil fuel is mined from the ground?
a)
wind
b)
coal
c)
biomass
d)
air
31.
How long does it take for them to form?
a)
Millions of years
b)
2 days
c)
1 day
d)
5 weeks
32.
This is the cleanest burning of the fossil fuels:
a)
Natural Gas
b)
Coal
c)
Petroleum
d)
Shale
33.
Fossil fuels are classified as nonrenewable because they.......
a)
require expensive equipment
b)
take millions of years to replace
c)
can be found all over
d)
provide all the energy we use
34.
Formed from dead marine organisms
a)
Oil and Natural Gas
b)
Coal
c)
Fossil Fuels
35.
3. What fossil fuel is in the image?
a)
Natural Gas
b)
Steam
c)
Coal
d)
Petroleum
36.
5. The Earth provides humans with an unlimited amount of fossil fuels. They are considered renewable.
a)
True
b)
False
37.
What are fossil fuels?
a)
complex hydrocarbon compounds
b)
mixtures of gaseous hydrocarbons located under the surface of the Earth
c)
a nonrenewable energy resource formed the remains of organisms that lived long ago
38.
Igneous rock that forms from the cooling of magma is called______
a)
intrusive igneous rock
b)
extrusive igneous rock
39.
Which type of rock will form when sediments are compacted and cemented under pressure?
a)
igneous
b)
metamorphic
c)
sedimentary
d)
magma
40.
Which process creates sediments?
a)
weathering and erosion
b)
cementation and compaction
c)
heat and pressure
d)
melting
41.
The Rock Cycle...
a)
changes the Earth's surface.
b)
when broken down can form into another rock.
c)
provide material for the other classes of rock.
d)
All of these choices
42.
Using the Mohs Hardness Scale, what mineral is the hardest?
a)
Quartz
b)
Diamond
c)
Feldspar
d)
Talc
43.
Using the Mohs Hardness Scale (click the text to see the Scale), name two minerals harder than Fluorite.
a)
Talc and Calcite
b)
Gypsum and Quartz
c)
Quartz and Feldspar
d)
Diamond and Talc
44.
According to Moh's scale, which is true about feldspar?
a)
It can scratch quartz
b)
It can be scratched by topaz but not fluorite
c)
It can be scratched by apatite
d)
It is harder than corundum
45.
A student has a sample of an unknown mineral. She finds that its hardness is 6 on the Mohs scale and has reddish brown streak. What mineral is this?
a)
Graphite
b)
Hematite
c)
Pyrite
d)
Quartz
46.
Based on the data table above, which property would be most useful when identifying samples 1 and 2?
a)
Hardness
b)
Specific gravity
c)
Color
d)
Cleavage/Fracture
47.
This rock formed when lava cooled very quickly on Earth's surface. What specific type of rock is it?
a)
Extrusive Igneous Rock
b)
Intrusive Igneous Rock
c)
Non-Foliated Metamorphic Rock
d)
Biochemical Sedimentary Rock
48.
This rock was formed when magma cooled very slowly inside the Earth. What specific type of rock is it?
a)
Intrusive Igneous Rock
b)
Extrusive Igneous Rock
c)
Foliated Metamorphic Rock
d)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
49.
This rock formed when bits of other rocks became pressed into a solid. What type of rock is it?
a)
Sedimentary Rock
b)
Metamorphic Rock
c)
Igneous Rock
50.
Gemstone made in laboratories
a)
Yes, it's a mineral
b)
No, it's not a mineral
51.
A mineral is scraped across a ceramic plate and a red colored powder is left behind. What does this mean?
a)
The mineral has a red streak
b)
The color of the mineral is red
c)
The luster of the mineral is "dull"
d)
The density of the mineral is low
52.
When sediments are pressed together tightly, this is called ____________.
a)
Compaction
b)
Cementation
c)
Weathering
d)
Erosion
53.
The process when rocks break into smaller pieces due to exposure to natural elements is called
a)
erosion
b)
weathering
c)
sediments
54.
The movement of weathered material (sediment) is called?
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
55.
What is deposition?
a)
Dropping off sediment
b)
Movement of sediment
c)
Breaking down of sediment
56.
The three groups of rocks are classified by
a)
How they form
b)
Color
c)
Grain size
d)
Chemical Composition
57.
Extreme Heat and Pressure creates a _________ rock.
a)
Igneous
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Sedimentary
d)
Mineral
58.
Each rock type can follow only one pathway of the rock cycle.
a)
True
b)
False
59.
What two processes make sediment?
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Weathering & Erosion
60.
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?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
61.
After lots of time, pressure, and heat, you get this kind of rock. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
62.
This rock was molten magma that slowly cooled under the ground. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentar
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
63.
This rock is made from tiny pieces of other rocks that settled to the bottom of a valley millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
64.
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
65.
This rock started as molten magma. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
66.
This rock was another type of rock that was heated and compressed over time. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
67.
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
68.
This rock was formed by lots of fossils that settled on top of each other over time. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
69.
What is the Moh's Scale used for?
a)
To test the hardness of a mineral
b)
To test how shiny a mineral is
c)
To figure out if a mineral is magnetic
d)
To figure out a minerals' streak
70.
When minerals break in a smooth predictable way, this is known as. . .
a)
Fracture
b)
Cleavage
c)
Breakage
d)
Streak
71.
The hardest mineral on the Moh's Scale is. . .
a)
Diamond
b)
Talc
c)
Quartz
d)
Glass
72.
The most unreliable way to identify a mineral is to use its. . .
a)
Streak
b)
Hardness
c)
Cleavage
d)
Color
73.
A mineral which contains a useful substance is call a/an?
a)
gem
b)
quarry
c)
ore
d)
rock
74.
A naturally formed, inorganic solid with a crystalline structure
a)
density
b)
streak
c)
mineral
d)
non silicate mineral
75.
How effective is the physical property of color in identifying a mineral?
a)
Very effective. You can immediately identify it based only on the color.
b)
It doesn't make a difference. Every mineral can be any color.
c)
It is one property and may not be used alone to identify a mineral.
d)
Color isn't a physical property.
76.
What are the two types of luster?
a)
Metallic and Metallic
b)
Nonmetallic and Shiny
c)
Metallic and Nonmetallic
d)
Shiny and Dull
77.
True or False: Minerals make up rocks.
a)
True
b)
False
78.
Using this scale, which mineral can scratch fluorite?
a)
Talc
b)
Gypsum
c)
Apatite
d)
Calcite
79.
Can a penny scratch fluorite?
a)
Yes
b)
No
80.
Which of these minerals is softer than glass?
a)
Topaz
b)
Corundum
c)
Calcite
d)
Orthoclase
81.
Mineral breaks apart in an irregular way
a)
Foliated
b)
Cleavage
c)
Fracture
d)
Clastic
82.
Metamorphic rocks that have grains arranged in parallel layers
a)
Extrusive
b)
Foliated
c)
Organic
d)
Non-Foliated
83.
Metamorphic rocks with grains arranged randomly.
a)
Non-Foliated
b)
Foliated
c)
Clastic
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