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WorksheetsRocks & Minerals Quiz Review
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What process is occurring at point A on the diagram of the rock cycle?
a)
Heat and Pressure
b)
Cooling
c)
Weathering and Erosion
d)
Cementation and Compaction
2.
Which type of rock results from melting and cooling of magma?
a)
Igneous
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Sedimentary
d)
Extrusive
3.
Which type of igneous rock forms beneath the Earth's surface and cools slowly forming LARGE crystals?
a)
Intrusive Igneous Rock
b)
Extrusive Igneous Rock
4.
What is the MAIN way rocks are classified?
a)
Their color and shapes
b)
How they form
c)
Mineral bands
d)
Where they form
5.
This rock started as lava that cooled and then was heated and put under pressure over time. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentar
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
6.
Which type of igneous rock forms above the Earth's surface and cools quickly forming SMALL crystals?
a)
Intrusive Igneous Rock
b)
Foliated Rock
c)
Nonfoliated Rock
d)
Extrusive Igneous Rock
7.
The color of a mineral in powder form is called the mineral's
a)
hardness
b)
specific gravity
c)
luster
d)
streak
8.
How light reflects off of a mineral is called the mineral's
a)
luster
b)
streak
c)
cleavage
d)
fracture
9.
A mineral has which of the following characteristic(s)?
a)
Definite chemical composition
b)
Crystalline Structure
c)
Naturally occurring
d)
All of the following characteristics
10.
What rock type is this an example of?
a)
Sedimentary Rock
b)
Metamorphic Rock
c)
Igneous Rock
11.
Which rock layer in the diagram seems to be the oldest?
a)
F
b)
E
c)
B
d)
A
12.
According to the law of superposition, the oldest fossils are found
a)
At the top of the rock layers
b)
Near the bottom of the rock layers
c)
In the middle of the rock layers
d)
Somewhat near the surface
13.
What can be found in a sedimentary rock?
a)
rock fragments and sand
b)
minerals and shell
c)
fossils
d)
all of these choices
14.
A mineral is always INORGANIC.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
How do you test the hardness of a mineral?
a)
Throw it against a wall
b)
Step on it
c)
Scratch Test
d)
Kick it until it breaks
16.
Rock types can follow only one pathway of the rock cycle.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
What process is occurring at point B on the diagram of the rock cycle?
a)
Melting and cooling
b)
Heat and pressure
c)
Compaction and cementation
d)
Weathering and Erosion
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