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WorksheetsRocks and Minerals
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Rocks continue to change all the time
a)
True
b)
False
2.
Rocks are made of one or more minerals
a)
true
b)
false
3.
minerals are made of one or more rocks
a)
true
b)
false
4.
Talc is one of the softest minerals
a)
true
b)
false
5.
kaopectate, a stomach medicine, is made from a mineral
a)
true
b)
false
6.
Diamond is the softest mineral
a)
true
b)
false
7.
A plane along which a mineral most easily splits
a)
fossil
b)
cleavage
c)
gem
d)
luster
8.
A precious stone that has been cut or polished
a)
fossil
b)
cleavage
c)
gem
d)
luster
9.
The way in which a mineral reflects light
a)
fossil
b)
cleavage
c)
gem
d)
luster
10.
Remains or traces of an organism that lived long ago
a)
fossil
b)
cleavage
c)
gem
d)
luster
11.
What do geologists collect and study?
a)
stars
b)
rocks and minerals
c)
whales, dolphins and porpoises
d)
insects and thir predators
12.
Which are in order from softest to hardest?
a)
diamond, calcite, talc
b)
talc, calcite, diamond
c)
diamond, talc, calcite,
d)
talc, diamond, calcite
13.
A piece of wood is
a)
transparent
b)
translucent
c)
opaque
14.
Waxed paper
a)
Transparent
b)
translucent
c)
opaque
15.
See-through, clear glass
a)
transparent
b)
translucent
c)
opaque
16.
Your Hand
a)
transparent
b)
translucent
c)
opaque
17.
What Am I?
*I smell like rotten eggs
*I am found in cabbage and onions
*I am yellow
*I am use in gunpowder
*I smell like rotten eggs
*I am found in cabbage and onions
*I am yellow
*I am use in gunpowder
a)
talc
b)
calcite
c)
sulfur
d)
muscovite
18.
________changed as a result of underground heat, pressure, and water
a)
igneous
b)
orthoclase
c)
sedimentary
d)
metamorphic
19.
____________formed from layers that are compacted and cemented together
a)
igneous
b)
orthoclase
c)
sedimentary
d)
metamorphic
20.
____________formed when melted rock cools
a)
igneous
b)
orthoclase
c)
sedimentary
d)
metamorphic
21.
Magnetite probably got its name because of which of the following properties
a)
its color and beauty make it good for beadmaking
b)
it is a lodestone, which can be used as a compass
c)
its softness and sweet smell make it a great baby powder
d)
people used it for window glass becasue light can pass through it.
22.
Cali is shining a light on a mineral. How can she sort the minerals?
a)
hardness
b)
luster
c)
shape
d)
streak
23.
Carl has a mineral that he can see through. What is the name for this property?
a)
glassy
b)
metallic
c)
opaque
d)
transparent
24.
Which describes a property of all hard minerals?
a)
All have a crystal shape
b)
all have a glassy luster
c)
all feel hard and smooth
d)
all show no streak
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