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WorksheetsUnit 3: Rocks and Minerals
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
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Class
Date
1.
1. A mineral is inorganic, which means that it contains _____.
a)
a. compounds
b)
b. materials made by humans
c)
c. parts of living things
d)
d. no materials that where once alive
2.
2. The repeating pattern of a mineral’s particles forms a solid called a(an) _____.
a)
a. crystal
b)
b. element
c)
c. compound
d)
d. rock
3.
3. _____ is the hardest known mineral.
a)
a. talc
b)
b. quartz
c)
c. diamond
d)
d. gold
4.
4. Most minerals do NOT split apart evenly. Instead, they have a characteristic type of
a)
a. cleavage
b)
b. fracture
c)
c. crystal
d)
d. luster
5.
5. The softest mineral on the Mohs hardness scale is _____.
a)
a. quartz
b)
b. talc
c)
c. apatite
d)
d. gypsum
6.
6. Igneous rock that cools very quickly when it forms has a texture that is _____.
a)
a. smooth and shiny with small grains
b)
b. multicolored and banded
c)
c. coarse grained
d)
d. made up of jagged grains
7.
7. When all the grains in a rock are large and easy to see, the rock is described as
a)
a. extrusive
b)
b. fine grained
c)
c. coarse grained
d)
d. non-banded
8.
8. To describe a rock’s texture, geologists determine _____.
a)
a. the color and density
b)
b. how the rock formed
c)
c. how many minerals the rock has
d)
d. the size, shape and pattern of grains
9.
Rock that forms from the cooling of magma below the surface or lava at the surface is called _____ rock.
a)
a. sedimentary
b)
b. metamorphic
c)
c. igneous
d)
d. coarse-grained
10.
10. Igneous rock that formed from lava that erupted onto Earth’s surface is called _____ rock.
a)
a. extrusive
b)
b. intrusive
c)
c. clastic
d)
d. sedimentary
11.
11. _____ is the process in which running water, wind or ice loosen and carry away rock fragments.
a)
a. deposition
b)
b. cementation
c)
c. crystallization
d)
d. erosion
12.
12. _____ rocks have their grains arranged in parallel layers or bands.
a)
a. foliated
b)
b. conglomerate
c)
c. non-foliated
d)
d. chemical
13.
13. Heat and pressure deep beneath Earth’s surface can change any rock into _____.
a)
a. chemical rock
b)
b. gemstones
c)
c. metamorphic rock
d)
d. sedimentary rock
14.
A series of processes on Earth’s surface and in the crust and mantle that slowly changes rocks from one kind to another is called
a)
a. erosion
b)
b. rock cycle
c)
c. crystallization
d)
d. evaporation
15.
Shiny, metallic and pearly are terms used to describe _____.
a)
a. luster
b)
b. density
c)
c. color
d)
d. hardness
16.
A mineral with a hardness of 6 will scratch a mineral with a hardness of ____________________ than 6.
a)
a. less
b)
b. greater
c)
c. a diamond
d)
d. density
17.
Dissolved minerals and particles of sediment stick together to form sedimentary rock in a process called ____________________.
a)
a. compaction
b)
b. evaporation
c)
c. erosion
d)
d. cementation
18.
The carrying away of rock fragments by water, wind, or ice is called ___________________, an important process in the formation of sedimentary rocks.
a)
a. erosion
b)
b. depositin
c)
c. weathering
d)
d. compaction
19.
Small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or living things are called ____________________.
a)
a. sedimentary
b)
b. sediments
c)
c. weathering
d)
d. deposition
20.
____________________ is the process by which sediment settles out of wind or water.
a)
a. erosion
b)
b. compaction
c)
c. deposition
d)
d. weathering
21.
A rounded, hollow rock that is often lined with mineral crystals is a ____________.
a)
a. geode
b)
b. crystal
c)
c. igneous
d)
d. metamorphic
22.
What is the process occurring at D?
a)
a. compaction
b)
b. erosion
c)
c. weathering
d)
d. deposition
23.
What is happening at A?
a)
a. deposition
b)
b. compaction
c)
c. cementation
d)
d. weathering
24.
What rock groups are represented by B, C and D?
a)
a. sediments, igneous, metamorphic
b)
b. heat, crystallization, sedimentary
c)
c. sedimentary, metamorphic, igneous
d)
metamorphic, igneous, magma
25.
Minerals can form from crystallization of magma or lava and what other process?
a)
a. crystallization of materials out of water
b)
b. crystallization of water
c)
c. compaction
d)
d. heat and pressure
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